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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