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Saturday, July 6, 2024

Reformist Pezeshkian wins Iran's presidential election

July 6, 2024
Reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian was elected Iran's ninth president on 6 July after winning a run-off election against conservative candidate Saeed Jalili, semi-official Tasnim News reported.
 
Mohsen Eslami, spokesperson for Iran's election headquarters, announced the result early on Saturday after the vote counting was completed.
"The difficult path ahead will not be smooth except with your companionship, empathy, and trust," Pezeshkian said in a post on X on Saturday.
"I extend my hand towards you and swear on my honour that I will not leave you alone on this path. Don't leave me alone," he wrote.
Pezeshkian and Jalili faced off in Friday's election after garnering the most votes among four candidates in the June 28 snap presidential election.
The election headquarters issued the eighth and final update at 6:45 AM local time.
Pezeshkian won 16,384,403 votes (53.7 percent), while Jalili secured 13,538,179 ballots (44.3 percent).
Shortly after the  announcement, Jalili conceded defeat to Pezeshkian, telling state television, "Not only should he be respected, but now we must use all our strength and help him move forward with strength."
Nearly 50 percent of the eligible voters turned out to cast their ballots in the second round of the election.
Pezeshkian will hold office for four years. The election took place a year ahead of schedule after the previous president, Ebrahim Raisi, was killed in a tragic helicopter crash in May alongside foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and six others.
Regarding Pezeshkian, The Cradle's Fereshteh Sadeghi wrote that he "represents the faction that seeks to mend ties with the west, revive the 2015 nuclear deal, and even establish relations with the US."
"This mindset advocates a free market, minimizing the role of government, and criticizes Iran's "look east" foreign policy and its growing influence in West Asia and North Africa," she added.

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