Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei has congratulated president-elect Masoud Pezeshkian and expressed gratitude to all the candidates and those active in the field of elections. In a message on Saturday, Ayatollah Khamenei highlighted the need for the president-elect to use the country’s capacities for the ...
Masoud Pezeshkian won the runoff presidential elections held on Friday to become Iran’s 9th president. Out of a total of 30,530,157 votes counted, Pezeshkian, a heart surgeon, won 16,384,403 votes while Jalili stood behind his rival with 13,538,179 ballots. The turnout was reported to be 49.8%. Pezeshkian, 69, had served as ...
