Iranian presidential candidate Masoud Pezeshkian issued a message after the Friday election results were out, calling for high voter turnout in the presidential runoff election next Friday.
Results in Iran’s 14th presidential election show that Iran's presidential elections have gone to a runoff between Massoud Pezeshkian and Saeed Jalili slated for July 5, according to the spokesperson for Iran’s election headquarters, Mohsen Eslami.
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei cast his ballot at a polling station in Tehran in the first minutes of voting in snap presidential elections.
Amir Hossein Ghazizadeh Hashemi and Alireza Zakani, two among the six candidates who are competing to become Iran’s next president after the death of Ebrahim Raisi, have withdrawn from the race.
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says a high voter turnout in the upcoming presidential election makes Iran proud and helps the Islamic Republic overcome its enemies.
Masoud Pezeshkian, one of the six candidates in the June 28 presidential election, says he is not against diplomacy and negotiations but will not cave in to coercion.
Iranian presidential hopefuls have held their first debate broadcast live on national TV ahead of the June 28 election that will choose a successor to the late president Ebrahim Raisi.
Iran's Interior Ministry has announced the list of finally approved candidates for the upcoming presidential elections, with former Parliament Speaker and veteran politician Ali Larijani and former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad disqualified.
The fifth and final day of registration of candidates running for the 14th term of Iran’s presidential election began at 8:00 a.m. local time (4:30 GMT) on Monday morning.