The head of the election headquarters in Iran, Seyyed Mohammad Taqi Shahgaraghi, stated that all executive aspects are in place for the Islamic Consultative Assembly and the Assembly of Experts elections scheduled for March 2. He said, "We have studied all the issues from the previous elections and provided the necessary requirements. I must say that we are ahead of the previous elections in terms of time." He noted that "in this year's elections, we have increased the number of polling stations by 4,000 compared to before to facilitate the voting process. A total of 71 million ballots have been printed and prepared separately."