Centrist Masoud Pezeshkian has won Iran’s presidential election run-off against hardline conservative Saeed Jalili.
Tehran : Reformist Massoud Pezeshkian has been elected as Iran’s new president, beating his hardline conservative rival Saeed Jalili.The vote was declared in Dr Pezeshkian’s favour after he secured 53.3% of the more than 30 million votes counted. Mr Jalili polled at 44.3%.The run-off came after no candidate secured a majority in the first round of the election on 28 June, which saw a historically low voter turnout of 40%. Result of the Fourteenth Presidential Election of the Islamic Republic of Iran, July 6th, 2024• Birth: 29 September 1954 (age 69)• Education: Tabriz University of Medical Sciences• Profession: Cardiac and Heart Surgeon• Full Professor at the Medical University of Tabriz• Minister of Health and Medical Education between 2001 and 2005 • First Deputy Speaker of the Parliament from 2016 to 2020. • Tabriz representative in the Parliament of Iran (2008)