Masoud Pezeshkian won the runoff presidential elections held on Friday to become Iran’s 9th president. Out of a total of 30,530,157 votes counted, Pezeshkian, a heart surgeon, won 16,384,403 votes while Jalili stood behind his rival with 13,538,179 ballots. The turnout was reported to be 49.8%. Pezeshkian, 69, had served as ...
As the polls opened nationwide for the presidential election runoff in Iran, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei praised the Iranian people for their “active involvement” in the significant national event. “Thank God this is a good day; the day of participation and active involvement of our ...
