The foreign ministry spokesman, Bahram Ghasemi has described the recent elections held in Zimbabwe as free, peaceful, fair and valid.

Outlining a visit by an Iranian team of supervisors to Zimbabwe, Ghasemi said Zimbabwe's parliamentary, local council and presidential elections were held on July 30.

On the reasons for the visit of an Iranian delegation to Zimbabwe, Ghasemi said at the invitation of the government of the country, a delegation representing the Islamic Republic of Iran visited the country to monitor the elections there.

While visiting a number of voting centers and visiting vote counting process, the Iranian delegation did not observe any violation in the process. 

He added that from the viewpoint of Iranian supervisory delegation, recent elections in Zimbabwe were held in free, peaceful, fair and valid way.