Hardliner faces reformist in Iran presidential run-off
Posted on AllSides July 5th, 2024
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Voting is under way to elect a new Iranian president as a hardline conservative goes head-to-head with a reformist.
The run-off comes after no candidate secured a majority in the first round of the election on 28 June, which saw a historically low voter turnout of 40%.
One of them Dr Massoud Pezeshkian, a former heart surgeon, is critical of Iran’s notorious morality police - but his rival Saeed Jalili favours the status quo.
The election was called after Iran’s previous president Ebrahim Raisi was killed in a helicopter crash in May, in which...