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Iran presidential election: reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian leads in first round
Iran presidential election: reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian leads in first round
(franceinfo)
Masoud Pezeshkian, the reformist candidate, came first in the first round of the Iranian presidential election on Saturday June 29. An unexpected result. The second round will pit him against the ultra-conservative Saïd Jalili.
At the Grand Bazaar in Tehran (Iran), voters discover the results of the presidential election, Saturday, June 29. Contrary to what was expected, it was a reformist candidate, Masoud Pezeshkian, who came out on top in the first round.To tell the truth, we didn’t really know him, but as he spoke well in the debates… He seems to have a sense of justice, he doesn’t seem harsh. He is sincere“, smiled a man.
The former Minister of Health believes in particular that “some measures applied at the moment are arbitrary. This is not in accordance with the law“, he said about the rights of women and young people. His competitor, Said Jalili, is an ultra-conservative. If he came second, he could benefit in the second round from the transfer of votes from other conservative candidates, next Friday. The election did not mobilize voters much, however. 60% of them did not go to vote.
