Reformist Pezeshkian wins Irans presidential election

Tehran, July 6 : Reformist candidate, former Health Minister Masoud Pezeshkian on Saturday won the 14th presidential election in Iran.

“A total of 30,510,157 votes have been counted. Of these, Masoud Pezeshkian received 16,384,403 votes, and Saeed Jalili – 13,538,179 votes,” Iran’s Election Headquarters Spokesperson Mohsen Eslami announced.

Iran is now set to have its first reformist president in two decades, with the republic at a critical juncture. (Agencies)