Iran The Ministry of Interior has said on Saturday that it will be held on Friday Presidential elections In the run-off stage, the reformist Masoud Al-Badzikian was elected the new president of the country by defeating the conservative Saeed Jalili.
According to the news agency AFP, Electoral Authority spokesman Mohsin Islami said that Masoud Al-Mabzikian got more than 16 million votes and Saeed Jalili got more than 13 million votes out of the more than 30 million votes cast. found
He added that voter turnout was 49.8 percent.
Masoud Al-Badzikian thanked his supporters following the win. In his address on state television, he said: ‘We will extend the hand of friendship to everyone, we are all people of this country, we should use everyone for the development of the country.’
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These presidential elections were supposed to be held in 2025, but they were held prematurely following the unexpected death of President Ibrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash in May this year.
The first phase of the June 28 election saw a historically low voter turnout.
According to data from Iran’s Election Authority, in the first round of last week’s election, Massoud Meghzikian won the most votes with 42 percent, while Jalili came in second with regarding 39 percent.
Only 40 percent of Iran’s 61 million eligible voters participated in the first phase, the lowest turnout in any presidential election since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei stressed the importance of elections and demanded more votes in the elections.
He said the turnout in the first phase was lower than expected but it was not an ‘anti-system’ move.
Cardiac surgeon Masoud Al-Mabikian, 69, has the support of Iran’s main reformist coalition, including former president Mohammad Khatami and moderate former president Hassan Rouhani.
Massoud al-Mabikian has said he wants to renegotiate with the West to try to restart some version of the 2015 nuclear deal. He has described the need for this agreement as important from an economic point of view and said that Iran needs to communicate with the world.
While his rival, 58-year-old Saeed Jalili, is known for his anti-Western stance, supported by hardliners and other conservative figures.
The election comes at a time of heightened regional tensions over the ongoing Israeli offensive in Gaza, conflict with the West over Iran’s nuclear program and public discontent over Iran’s sanctions-hit economy.
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2024-07-07 00:41:20
