Iran to hold runoff election as no candidate secures 50% of votes

Iran is headed for a runoff election.

On Saturday (Jun. 29), an election spokesman announced that of the 24.5 million votes cast, no candidate secured more than 50%.

Former nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili got 9.4 million votes while heart surgeon Masoud Pezeshkian got 10.4 million.

The two will face again on July 5.

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