'It's a tradition in Iran that the Supreme Leader starts the elections' "It's a tradition in Iran that the Supreme Leader starts the elections", said FRANCE24's correspondent in Tehran, Iran Catalina Gomez Angel. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei made a speech earlier inviting people to vote for the "unity and security of the Islamic Republic [. . . ] and in order to send a strong message to the enemies of Iran, added Gomez Angel.