Iran’s Election Heads to Runoff After Pezeshkian Leads in First Round
Iran will have presidential election runoff as no candidate was able to secure a majority of 50 percent in the yesterday’s election. The runoff will be held between Saeed Jalili and Masoud Pezeshkian on July 5th. According to Iranian law, a candidate must receive more than 50% of the votes
Iran Selects New President Following Reisi’s Death
Iranians go to the polls to select the successor of Ibrahim Reisi, who died in a helicopter crash on May 19th. Voting started this morning at 8:00 am and will finish at 6:00 pm, according to officials. The Ministry of Interior Affairs of Iran says that voting will be held