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Early presidential elections in Iran were held on 28 June and 5 July 2024 [1] following the death of incumbent president Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash on 19 May. [2]Four candidates contested the first round of the election, in which Masoud Pezeshkian won 44%, Saeed Jalili won 40%, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf won 14% and Mostafa Pourmohammadi won less than 1% of the vote.
Iran has two candidates set to face off on Friday’s runoff presidential election. One is Saeed Jalili, 58, who served as Iran’s top nuclear negotiator under former President Mahmoud ...
Iran’s election authority has extended the polling time by two hours until 8 p.m. local time, as per tradition in the country. Authorities said the extension came after more voters turned up at ...
While Iran's 85-year-old Khamenei has the final say on all matters of state, presidents can bend the country's policies toward confrontation or negotiation with the West. However, given the record-low turnout in recent elections, it remains unclear just how many Iranians will take part in Friday's poll.
Polls closed after midnight, after voting was repeatedly extended by authorities as is tradition in Iran. Mohsen Eslami, an election spokesman, said Pezeshkian had 8.6 million votes, leading Jalili's 7.5 million. He gave no total turnout figure as counting continued through the night.
Presidential elections were held in Iran on 18 June 2021, the thirteenth since the establishment of the Islamic Republic in 1979. Ebrahim Raisi , the then Chief Justice of Iran , was declared the winner in a highly controversial election.
The President of Iran is the highest official elected by direct, ... Iranian presidential election [17] [18] [19] Elections Date Eligible voters Number of votes Voter
Iran’s presidential election is heading to a second round after none of the four candidates managed to secure more than 50% in Friday’s vote. ... An Iranian woman casts her vote at a polling ...