Iranian reformist Pezeshkian wins presidential run-off election

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A vote count offered by authorities put Pezeshkian as the winner with 16.3 million votes to Jalili’s 13.5 million in Friday’s election. He would be the first president from western Iran.

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00:00Iran elected a new reformist president after its last leader died in a helicopter crash.

00:07Reformist candidate Massoud Pazeshkian won the Iranian run-off presidential election,

00:12besting hardliner competition by promising to reach out to the West.

00:17However, his aims will be challenged by an Iranian government still largely held by hardliners,

00:23the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas and Western fears over Tehran enriching uranium to near weapon-grade levels.

00:31In his campaign, he promised no radical change against Iran's religious theocracy

00:36and reinforced that the Iranian Supreme Leader was the final arbiter of all matters of state in the country.

00:43A vote counted by the authorities put Pazeshkian as the winner with 16.3 million votes.

00:50Authorities put the election turnout at 49.6%, which is still historically low for an Iranian presidential election.

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