Iran election: Moderate Pezeshkian leads early results
Masoud Pezeshkian, a former health minister, is pitted against the hardline former nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili. This presidential poll reportedly saw a higher turnout than the first roun….d
Masoud Pezeshkian, a moderate who has promised to open Iran to the world, is expected to win the run-off presidential election on Friday based on early results, reports said.
Voters in Iran hit the polls in a run-off election to choose a successor to late President Ebrahim Raisi, who was killed in a helicopter crash in May along with the foreign minister and other officials.
