Celebration in streets of Tehran as hardliner Saeed Jalili falls further behind in second round, with mixed picture of turnout The reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian’s lead against hardliner Saeed Jalili widened early on Saturday to over 2m votes as counting continued in Iran’s presidential runoff election.Supporters of Pezeshkian, a heart surgeon and longtime lawmaker, entered the streets of Tehran and other cities before dawn to celebrate as his lead grew over Jalili, a former nuclear negotiator close to Iran’s supreme leader. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/06/iran-reformist-masoud-pezeshkian-extends-lead-in-presidential-election-count
Author : Guardian staff and agencies
Publish date : 2024-07-06 04:29:38
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