Iran goes to runoff polls between reformist Masoud Pezeshkian, Saeed Jalili

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Mohsen Eslami, an election spokesman, announced the result in a news conference carried by Iranian state television.He said of 24.5 million votes cast, Pezeshkian got 10.4 million while Jalili received 9.4 million.

Iran will hold a runoff presidential election to replace the late hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi, an official said Saturday, after an initial vote saw the top candidates not secure an outright win.

The election this coming Friday will pit reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian against the hard-line former nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili.