Reformist candidate Pezeshkian leading in Iran’s presidential elections

by Anadolu Agency

TEHRAN, Iran 

Reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian is leading in Iran’s snap election held after late President Ebrahim Raisi was killed in a helicopter crash last month.

Pezeshkian is at 42.3%, according to a spokesman from the country’s election headquarters, who said candidate Saeed Jalili is following in the four-candidate race with 39.5% with over 14 million votes counted since ballot boxes were opened at midnight.

The other two candidates are Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf and Mostafa Pourmohammadi.

For a candidate to be elected in the first round, they need to receive more than 50% of the votes.

If no candidate exceeds this threshold in the first round, a runoff election will be held on July 5.​​​​​​​

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