Reformist candidate Pezeshkian leading in Iran’s presidential elections

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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