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Iran gets a heart surgeon and reformist as new leader
Updated On: 07 July, 2024 07:23 AM IST | Dubai | Agencies
Reformist Pezeshkian, beats hardliner Jalili in the run-off presidential elections
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Iranian reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian wins the presidential run-off elections in Shareh Qods, west of Tehran on July 5, 2024
Reformist candidate, Masoud Pezeshkian won Iran’s runoff presidential election on Saturday, defeating hard-liner Saeed Jalili by promising to reach out to the West and ease enforcement of the country’s mandatory headscarf law. Pezeshkian also ensured no radical changes would be made to Iran’s Shiite theocracy in his campaign, as he has held Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as the final arbiter of all state matters in the country.
A vote count offered by authorities put Pezeshkian as the winner with 16.3 million(1.63 crore) votes to Jalili’s 13.5 million(1.35 core) in Friday’s election. Supporters of Pezeshkian, a heart surgeon and long-time lawmaker, entered the streets of Tehran and other cities to celebrate his victory. “In the end, someone from my hometown and the west of Iran came to power,” said Taher Khalili, a Kurdish-origin Iranian who runs a small tailor shop in Tehran. “I hope he will make the economy better for small businesses.”
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