Masoud Pezeshkian wins Iran presidential election

Tehran, SANA- Iranian Election Commission spokesman Mohsen Islami announced that the eighth and final phase of the results of the second round of the Iranian presidential elections in its fourteenth session showed that Masoud Pezeshkian won the presidential elections.

A vote count offered by authorities on Saturday morning put Pezeshkian as the winner with 16.3 million votes to Jalili’s 13.5 million after Friday’s voting.

Supporters of Pezeshkian, a heart surgeon and longtime lawmaker, entered the streets of Tehran and other cities before dawn to celebrate as his lead grew and victory became apparent over Jalili.

The second round of the Iranian presidential elections took place yesterday across Iran and about 100 countries in the world to elect the ninth Iranian president in the Islamic Republic, where Masoud Pezeshkian and Saeed Jalili competed.

Mazen Eyon