Reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian has won Iran's presidential election in a second-round runoff vote. The snap election followed the sudden death of former President Ebrahim Raisi in May.
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00:00In Iran's presidential election, reformist candidate Massoud Pazeshkian has won about
00:0554 percent of the vote in a second-round runoff, beating his ultra-conservative opponent, Saeed
00:12Jalili.
00:13Pazeshkian is a former heart surgeon who previously served as Iran's health minister.
00:19He is known for his moderate stance toward the West and for condemning government violence
00:23against popular protests in 2009 and 2022.
00:28The snap election in Iran was called after former President Ebrahim Raisi died in a helicopter
00:33crash in May.
00:35The president has some power in Iran, but the highest affairs of state are controlled
00:40by its supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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