Iran’s presidential election goes to runoff

YEREVAN, JUNE 29, ARMENPRESS. Results in Iran’s 14th presidential election show that Iran's presidential elections have gone to a runoff between Massoud Pezeshkian and Saeed Jalili slated for July 5, according to the spokesperson for Iran’s election headquarters, Mohsen Eslami.

Pezeshkian received almost 10.5 million votes while the runner up Jalili received almost 9.5 million votes, according to numbers published by state news agency IRNA.

"Twenty-four million people cast their ballots out of 60 million eligible voters, with a turnout of 40%," Eslami said.

Under Iranian electoral law, a runoff between the two top candidates is held on the first Friday after the result is announced if neither wins at least 50% of the votes.