Reformist Masoud Pezeshkian wins Iran presidential election | DW News

In Iran, reformist candidate and former health minister Masoud Pezeshkian has been elected president. The electoral authority says that Pezeshkian got more than 16 million votes out of about 30 million cast in Friday’s runoff. He was the only reform candidate allowed to run. His rival, hard-liner Saeed Jalili, an ultraconservative who opposes reviving nuclear negotiations with the West, got fewer than 14 million votes. It was the lowest turnout for a presidential contest since the Islamic Republic was founded, with less than half of eligible voters casting ballots. 00:00 Masoud Pezeshkian elected president of Iran 00:39 DW speaks with Ali Fathollah-Nejad, Founder and Director of the Center for Middle East and Global Order Subscribe: For more news go to: Follow DW on social media: ►Facebook: ►Twitter: