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Reformist, ultraconservative to go head to head in Iranian presidential runoff on July 5
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s sole reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian, and ultraconservative Saeed Jalili are set to go to runoffs after securing the highest number of votes in Iran’s presidential election, the interior ministry says.
“None of the candidates could garner the absolute majority of the votes, therefore, the first and second contenders who got the most votes will be referred to the Guardian Council” for the second round scheduled for July 5, says Mohsen Eslami, an interior ministry spokesman.