US EditionReformist Pezeshkian wins Iran’s presidential runoff election, besting hard-liner Jalili
- Reformist Masoud Pezeshkian won Iran's presidential runoff against hard-liner Saeed Jalili. Pezeshkian pledged to engage with the West and relax the mandatory headscarf law amid years of pressure on the Islamic Republic.
- Pezeshkian secured victory in the election with 16.3 million votes compared to Jalili's 13.5 million, according to official figures.
- Pezeshkian's supporters celebrated on the streets of Tehran and other cities as his lead over Jalili, a former nuclear negotiator, continued to grow.
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Video - The former Iranian health minister came out on top in an election marked by a high abstention.
Reformist Masoud Pezeshkian wins in Iran’s presidential runoff
Voters in Iran have given a decisive win to reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian in the runoff election to replace late President Ebrahim Raisi, who was killed in a helicopter crash in May.Iranian president-elect Pezeshkian, a heart surgeon and lawmaker who ran on a moderately reformist platform, was a relatively little-known candidate. But voters turned out in larger numbers than in round one, giving him more than 2.8 million votes over hard-…
The new Iranian president calls for creating 'constructive relations' with the West. However, his powers will be limited in front of the Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, and the Parliament.
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