After counting over 19 million votes, Pezeshkian had 8.3 million while Jalili held 7.18 million. Another candidate, hard-line parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, had some 2.67 million votes.

During a more than two-hour debate on public TV, reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian attacked his competitor, Saeed Jalili, a hard-line former nuclear negotiator, for his lack of experience ...

The 69-year-old Reformist politician is expected to open up the country after seizing 53.6 % of the vote against the ultraconservative Saeed Jalili's 44.3 % amid a 49.9% turnout.

The inherent contradictions of the Iranian regime and disputes among the ruling bloc foreshadow continued economic, political ...

The new cohort of ministers includes officials from both hard-liner and moderate camps; it also includes the first female ...

BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 22. Shina Ansari has been named Vice President by Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, Trend reports ...

Pezeshkian received more than 16 million votes against former nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili with more than 13 million out of over 30 million votes cast, electoral authorities said. "By gaining a ...

Pezeshkian, a former reformist lawmaker and health minister, defeated his conservative opponent Saeed Jalili in a runoff vote on July 6, marking a significant comeback for the reformist faction.

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - In a rare occurrence, Iran’s parliament on Wednesday approved the entire cabinet of newly-elected ...

His rival, Saeed Jalili of the conservative camp, received 13.5 million votes. To note, on May 19, a helicopter carrying former Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir ...

Pezeshkian won Iran’s run-off presidential vote on July 5, beating the ultraconservative rival Saeed Jalili. The vote was originally scheduled for 2025, but it was brought forward after former ...