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Reformist Pezeshkian Wins Iran's Presidential Runoff
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Reformist Pezeshkian Wins Iran's Presidential Runoff

Deccan Chronicle  

DUBAI: Reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian won Iran’s runoff presidential election Saturday, besting hard-liner Saeed Jalili by promising to reach out to the West and ease enforcement on the country’s mandatory headscarf law after years of sanctions and protests squeezing the Islamic Republic. Pezeshkian promised no radical changes to Iran’s Shiite theocracy in his campaign and long has held Supreme Leader …

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Reformist Masoud Pezeshkian wins Iran’s presidential election
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Reformist Masoud Pezeshkian wins Iran’s presidential election

The Telegraph  

A former heart surgeon who pledged to open Iran to the world and deliver the freedoms its people have yearned for has won the country’s presidential election. Masoud Pezeshkian, the only moderate candidate allowed to enter the race after the death of president Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash in May, won a tightly contested runoff by securing 16.3 million …

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Reformist Pezeshkian wins Iran’s presidential runoff election over hard-liner
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Reformist Pezeshkian wins Iran’s presidential runoff election over hard-liner

LA Times  

Masoud Pezeshkian clenches his fist after voting, accompanied by former Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, left, in Shahr-e-Qods, Iran. Reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian won Iran’s runoff presidential election Saturday, besting hard-liner Saeed Jalili by promising to reach out to the West and ease enforcement on the country’s mandatory headscarf law after years of sanctions and protests squeezing the Islamic Republic. …

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The Latest | Polls close in Iran after election to replace a president killed in a helicopter crash
5 months, 3 weeks ago

The Latest | Polls close in Iran after election to replace a president killed in a helicopter crash

Associated Press  

Iranians voted on Friday to replace the late President Ebrahim Raisi, who was killed in a May helicopter crash in the country’s northwest along with the foreign minister and several other officials. Nasser Kanaani on Friday condemned US “interference” in its domestic affairs, after the U.S. Deputy Special Envoy for Iran Abram Paley had said that Friday’s election was not …

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Hard-line judiciary head wins Iran presidency in low turnout
3 years, 6 months ago

Hard-line judiciary head wins Iran presidency in low turnout

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran’s hard-line judiciary chief won a landslide victory in the country’s presidential election, a vote that both propelled the supreme leader’s protege into Tehran’s highest civilian position and saw the lowest turnout in the Islamic Republic’s history. Raisi also has become the first serving Iranian president sanctioned by the U.S. government even before entering office …

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Hard-line judiciary chief Ebrahim Raisi wins Iran presidency in landslide amid low turnout
3 years, 6 months ago

Hard-line judiciary chief Ebrahim Raisi wins Iran presidency in landslide amid low turnout

LA Times  

Ebrahim Raisi interacts with the media after casting his vote in Tehran on Friday. Iran’s hard-line judiciary chief won a landslide victory Saturday in the country’s presidential election, a vote that propelled the supreme leader’s protege into Tehran’s highest civilian position and saw the lowest turnout in the Islamic Republic’s history. Iran’s nemesis Israel, meanwhile, slammed the new leader, with …

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Iran election: Ebrahim Raisi wins Iran’s presidential vote amid historically low turnout
3 years, 6 months ago

Iran election: Ebrahim Raisi wins Iran’s presidential vote amid historically low turnout

CNN  

Tehran, Iran CNN — Ebrahim Raisi, a hardline judiciary chief with a brutal human rights record, will be the next president of Iran following his win in an uncompetitive election that most of the country sat out. Many activists accused Iran’s clerical establishment of “selecting” rather than electing the next president in a poll designed to further entrench the power …

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Ultraconservative Ebrahim Raisi wins landslide victory in Iran's presidential election
3 years, 6 months ago

Ultraconservative Ebrahim Raisi wins landslide victory in Iran's presidential election

India Today  

Iran's hard-line judiciary chief Ebrahim Raisi won the country's presidential election in a landslide victory Saturday, propelling the supreme leader's protege into Tehran's highest civilian position in a vote that appeared to see the lowest turnout in the Islamic Republic's history. In initial results, former Revolutionary Guard commander Mohsen Rezaei won 3.3 million votes and moderate Abdolnasser Hemmati got 2.4 …

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Registration opens for hopefuls in Iran’s presidential vote
3 years, 7 months ago

Registration opens for hopefuls in Iran’s presidential vote

Associated Press  

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran opened registration Tuesday for potential candidates in the country’s June presidential election, kicking off the race as uncertainty looms over Tehran’s tattered nuclear deal with world powers and tensions remain high with the West. Whoever wins the June 18 vote will take over from Rouhani, a relative moderate within the Islamic Republic whose two four-year terms …

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