DUBAI ¨C The low-profile moderate Masoud Pezeshkian, who has pledged to open Iran to the world and deliver freedoms its people have yearned for, has won the country¡¯s run-off presidential vote, the interior ministry said Saturday.
¡°By gaining majority of the votes cast on Friday, Pezeshkian has become Iran¡¯s next president,¡± it said.
The participation was around 50% in a tight race between Pezeshkian, the sole moderate in the original field of four candidates, and hard-line former nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili, a staunch advocate of deepening ties with Russia and China.
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