The former health minister and parliamentarian is gaining popularity with a message of moderation, rapprochement with the West and criticism of the veil. He succeeds the ultra-conservative Ebrahim Raisí, who died in a helicopter crash in May.
The reformer Masud Pezeshkian won in the second round of the Iranian presidential elections and will become the country’s next president, according to Iran’s electoral commission.
Pezeshkian, a 69-year-old cardiac surgeon, has received 53.6% of the votes against the ultra-conservative Saeed Jalili with 44.3%, in an election with a participation of 49.9% with 30,573,931 votes.
The former Minister of Health and Member of Parliament is the ninth president in the history of the Islamic Republic of Iran and will succeed the ultra-conservative Ebrahim Raisí, killed in a helicopter crash in May.
Iran’s president-elect was a little-known politician at the start of the campaign, but… has gained popularity with a message of moderation, rapprochement with the West and criticism of the veil.
The low involvement (39.9%) has revealed the dissatisfaction of a significant part of the population with the political system established in 1979 by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
Source: EITB
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