Jul 1, 2024
Iranian presidential candidates Conservative hard-liner Saeed Jalili (left) and Reformist Masoud Pezeshkian (Right) will face each other in a runoff election on July 5. (Photo Courtesy of Al Jazeera)
The Iranian Presidential elections will move to a runoff between reformist Masoud Pezeshkian and conservative hard-liner Saeed Jalili, after neither secured a simple majority on Friday.
This Presidential election follows the sudden death of the former President Ebrahim Raisi and Former Foreign Minister Hussein Amirabollahian in a helicopter crash in May.
This is the second time in the Islamic Republic’s history where a runoff election will be held, the first being in 2005.
This year saw record-low numbers with more than 60% of eligible voters not casting their ballot.
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