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1 hour ago · July 6, 2024, 3:08 p.m. ET. The victory of reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian in Iran’s presidential runoff signals a shift from the government of Ebrahim Raisi, a conservative Shiite Muslim ...
5 hours ago · Iran has struggled with low voter turnout for years, but last week the first round of the presidential election saw a record low with only 40% of eligible voters having cast ballots.
20 hours ago · Iran's new president knows that while protests in the country may have been brutally crushed, its strength of spirit remains. But other hardliners will hope they can neutralise the reformist ...
1 hour ago · Masoud Pezeshkian, a 69-year-old heart surgeon who wants to restart talks with the US over the landmark nuclear deal, was voted president of Iran after an election that underscored major ...
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8 hours ago · Masoud Pezeshkian, a moderate who has promised to open Iran to the world, won the run-off presidential election, officials said early on Saturday. Pezeshkian, 69, was up against Saeed Jalili, 58, a hard-liner who is a former negotiator with the West over Iran’s contentious nuclear program. The run-off election in Iran was held to choose a ...
20 hours ago · Pezeshkian, 69, won around 53.6 percent of the vote in a runoff election against the ultraconservative Saeed Jalili. In the first round of Iran's snap elections on June 28, Pezeshkian led the ...
12 hours ago · Iran's reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian got more than 17 million votes while hardliner Saeed Jalili garnered more than 13 million out of about 30 million votes cast in a runoff presidential election. Saeed Jalili (L) and Masoud Pezeshkian (R) faced off on Friday in Iran's presidential election following record-low turnout in the first round.
