DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — 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. “I hope he will make economy better for small businesses.” Reformist candidate for the …
Reformist Masoud Pezeshkian wins Iran's presidential runoff toggle caption Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images ISTANBUL — 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. Sponsor Message Iranian officials said about 30 million people turned out in …
On June 28, Iran’s snap elections for a new president ended in a run-off, with none of the three final candidates securing a majority. The surprise element was that even at a historically low voter turnout of 40%, the sole reformist candidate, Masoud Pezeshkian, maintained a lead of nearly one million votes over Saeed Jalili, a hardliner and long-time loyalist …
