Iran holds runoff presidential vote pitting hard-line former negotiator against reformist lawmaker
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00:00People in Iran are back at the polls today. Millions are expected to cast their votes in the presidential runoff
00:05between hardliner Sayyid Jalili and reformist candidate Masoud Pazeskian.
00:10The first round saw Pazeskian win the largest number of ballots, garnering around 42% of the vote.
00:17The reformist is seeking a return to the 2015 nuclear deal and wants a softer stance on hijab.
00:24Iran's clerical establishments will be hoping that more people show up at the polls today after voter turnout reached a
00:31record low of 40% last Friday. Take a listen to what the two candidates have had to say.
00:44People must be allowed to express themselves.
00:47We must allow that. I've said this repeatedly that the nation is not led with one certain person, group or faction.
00:54The nation will be led with the involvement of all Iranians.
01:03Our rival Masoud Pazeskian argues that we have economic problems and everything is expensive.
01:10To solve these problems he has an outdated and wrong solution that has been tried over the last 10 years.
01:17His solution is to negotiate, to make concessions, make the enemy happy and ask for nothing in return.