Voting for the Iranian presidential runoff began yesterday morning, with Masoud Pezeshkian and Saeed Jalili, a principlist and former chief negotiator in the nuclear talks between Tehran and world powers, competing for the position.
Earlier, Iran held elections on June 28th, where Pezeshkian received 42.6 percent of the total votes, while Jalili garnered 38.8 percent. Since neither candidate surpassed the 50 percent threshold required to win outright, a runoff was necessary to determine the new President of Iran.
Iran’s 14th presidential election, originally scheduled for 2025, was rescheduled following the unexpected death of President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash on May 19th of this year.
The Impressive Times
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