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It will be a crucial day at polling stations around the country, and we'll be going to them. one thing that really interested me talking to people on the streets today, we went to a neighborhood. it's the weekend tomorrow here but it kind of starts essentially the middle of the day thursday and a lot of people were out, absolutely packed in the bizarres and some people said, we're not going to vote. we're frustrated. i want to emphasize, some of them were incredibly conservative. one woman came from canada, dual citizen back here to stay with her parents because she wants to cast her vote for ...

Reza, the ayatollah, i saw one woman she had basically a necklace around her neck with the two supreme leaders since the revolution saying vote for them. the supreme leader is so central to this election. how much sway does he have over it? >> reporter: he's got a lot of sway. iranians are going to be voting for a president tomorrow, but looming very large over this entire process is the supreme leader ayatollah howmaini. very few things gets done without his approval. analysts say that includes the outcome of tomorrow's vote. in the race for iran's presidency, the one vote that matters more t...

He will do it. but it doesn't mean at first he'll go for that. >> reporter: we also saw plenty of supporters from the current mayor in tehran. campaign posters for the popular mayor feature him side by side with the ayatollah. after a rally, some young men swarmed us to speak their mind. and for supporters like muhammad, hope rules the day. >> translator: the biggest thing has been the sanctions imposed on our country. they have closed our country and mismanagement has been a big challenge for this government. in my opinion, with galibah all these problems would be resolved. >> joining me now ...

They brought a specific question for weapons to the u.s. and european allies just in the last week or so. they're asking for russian-made antitank weapons, asking for shoulder-fired missiles, also asking for hundreds of thousands of rounds of ammunition for their ak-47s and their machine guns. that's what they want. obviously they would like an enforcement of a no-fly zone, but i'm told by officials tonight any talk of a no-fly zone is probably off the table at this point. right now the question would be if the u.s. were to dive into giving them some more arms, how would they go about it, faci...