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July 1, 2024

Reformer Masoud Pezeshkian to Face Saeed Jalili in Iran Runoff Presidential Vote
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In Iran, reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian will face off against
conservative Saeed Jalili in a runoff election set for July 5, after
neither candidate received enough votes in a weekend poll to win the
presidency outright. Fewer than 25 million Iranians voted in the contest
to replace former President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter
crash in May. That's just 40% of eligible voters - the lowest turnout in
any Iranian election since the 1979 revolution.


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