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Massoud Pezeshkian, the reformist candidate who won Iran’s presidential election in a close race on Friday to become the country’s 9th president, hails from the country’s West Azarbaijan province.
Reformist candidate Massoud Pezeshkian who ran for president in snap elections in Iran won the top executive office in a tight runoff race on Friday against principlist Saeed Jalili.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry once again called for the establishment of a fact-finding mission between Iran and Lebanon to determine the fate of the four Iranian diplomats kidnapped by mercenaries affiliated with the Zionist regime in Lebanon 42 years ago.
Iranians living in foreign countries are taking part in the second round of snap presidential election on Friday in 98 countries through 138 diplomatic missions, the Deputy Foreign Minister for Consular, Parliamentary, and Iranian Expatriates Affairs at the Iranian Foreign Ministry said.
Voting kicks off for Iran presidential runoff election
Polling stations opened across Iran at 08:00 am local time (04:30 GMT) on Friday for the second round of presidential snap elections in thecountry.
Mohammad Mokhber, Acting President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and Chinese President Xi Jinping met on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Astana, Kazakhstan, in which the two sides underlined strengthening bilateral ties.
Iran's Interim President Mohammad Mokhber has stated strategic relations between Tehran and Moscow have changed the world's power equations and challenged the unjust order based on unilateralism.
Iran’s caretaker President Mohammad Mokhber says the Shanghai Cooperating Organization (SCO) member states can carry out trade transactions faster and at a lower cost through the North-South Corridor and the southern ports of Iran.
Countdown beings for presidential election runoff in Iran as the candidates vying for the office stopped their campaigns at 8 am on Thursday local time.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman has confirmed news reports of the release of Bashir Biazar, an Iranian citizen who was "illegally" detained in France.
The Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has called for greater participation in the second round of the snap presidential election on Friday.
Iran's acting foreign minister has warned that Lebanon will turn into a ‘hell without return’ for the Israeli regime in case it wages a war against the Lebanese resistance movement, Hezbollah.
Iran’s interior minister says preparations are in place for a “great election” on Friday to elect a successor to the late president Ebrahim Raisi, calling on the nation to show strong participation.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry has slammed the US support for the Israeli regime's crimes in the Gaza Strip, the imposition of unilateral sanctions on independent states, and its backing the suppressive regimes worldwide as clear examples of Washington's long history of human rights violations.
Iran has put sanctions on several American individuals for involvement in the violation of human rights regarding the pro-Palestine student protest movement in the United States.
The two presidential hopefuls vying for the office in Iran’s runoff vote sought to woo more voters in their second and final televised debate aired from the state television (IRIB) on Tuesday evening.
Former Iranian foreign minister and a senior advisor to the Leader of Iran's Islamic Revolution has warned Israel against opening a new battlefront against Hezbollah resistance movement in Lebanon.
The two top presidential candidates who found their ways to the runoff vote in Iran’s elections, faced off in a televised debate on Monday night on foreign policy, cultural, and social issues.
Iran’s acting foreign minister has warned the international community that acceding to the Israeli regime’s crimes has encouraged the regime to kill more Palestinian people.
Iran's special envoy to Afghanistan has stressed the need for comprehensive negotiations with all parties to address the "complex and serious" situation in Afghanistan and the wider region.
The Iranian Deputy Interior Minister for Security Affairs announced that terrorists had meticulously planned to carry out operations during the presidential election with the intention of creating an atmosphere of insecurity across the nation.
Iran has protested to the United Kingdom over hostile action by anti-Tehran elements outside polling stations in the European country aimed at disrupting the 14th presidential election.
Iranian presidential candidate Masoud Pezeshkian issued a message after the Friday election results were out, calling for high voter turnout in the presidential runoff election next Friday.
The principlist candidates in the snap presidential polls in Iran, who gained notoriety for their deep chasms before the first round of elections on Friday, have now issued statements supporting Saeed Jalili, the “Revolution Front” candidate who came in second and found his way into a runoff to be held coming Friday.
