“Masud Pezeshkian received 1,595,345 votes, Said Dzhalili – 1,594,868 votes,” RIA Novosti reported, citing Fars news agency.
It should also be noted that Mohammad Baker Ghalibaf received 544,144 votes, and Mostafa Pourmohammadi, 25,538 votes.
It should be recalled that early elections were necessary due to the death of President Ebrahim Raisi in a plane crash. According to the country’s constitution, elections must be held within 50 days of the announcement of the president’s death or incapacity.
Voting took place on Friday, June 28. Polling stations lasted six hours longer than expected, as voters became active mainly after the heat had subsided.
Four candidates are fighting for the presidency: the Speaker of Parliament, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the member of the Council for the Determination of Political Expediency, Said Jalili and the former head of the Ministry of the Interior, and the former Minister of Justice, Mostafa Pourmohammadi, represent To the conservative bloc, the former Minister of Health and deputy Masoud Pezeshkian represent the reformist bloc.
