Iranian law requires that a winner gets more than 50% of all votes cast. If not, the race’s top two candidates will advance to a runoff a week later.
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00:00Iran will hold a run-off presidential election to replace the late hardline president after an initial vote saw top candidates fail to secure an outright win.
00:11The election this Friday will see reformist candidate Massoud Pazeshkian facing off against hardline former nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili.
00:21In Iran, the law says that a candidate must secure over 50% of the votes cast to win.
00:27If that requirement is not met, the two top candidates face off the following week.