Nearly 756,000 requests for the issuance of smart National ID Cards were made in the first 9 months of the current year (started March 21) and 523,500 having been issued so far, an official at the Organization for Civil Registration said. The existing National Cards are valid until the end of the next calendar year (March 20, 2016) said Mohesn Esmaeeli, adding that at present smart ID cards are only issued to people obtaining their cards for the first time or those who have lost their old cards and need to get new ones, ISNA reported.
