Masoud Pezeshkian is elected as President of Iran

  • 2024-07-06
Masoud Pezeshkian is elected as President of Iran
Masoud Pezeshkian is elected as President of Iran

Welat TV - Erbil

The Iranian Ministry of Interior, today, Saturday, July 6, 2024, announced the victory of candidate Masoud Pezeshkian in the second round of the presidential elections.

The Election Commission of the Iranian Ministry of Interior revealed in a press conference that the number of votes counted reached 30,530,157 votes, with candidate Masoud Pezeshkian receiving 16,384,403 votes and candidate Saeed Jalili receiving 13,538,179 votes.

The first round of the presidential elections in Iran was held on Friday, June 28, between four candidates (Saeed Jalili, Masoud Pezeshkian, Mohammad Baqer Qalibav, and Mostafa Por Mohammadi), and no candidate was able to obtain an absolute majority, so the two candidates (Pezeshkian and Jalili), who received the largest number of votes, competed in the second round.

Masoud Pezeshkian was born in 1954 in Mahabad city. He obtained a specialty in general surgery from Tabriz University of Medical Sciences in 1990 and a specialty in cardiac surgery from the Iran University of Medical Sciences in 1993. He belongs to the reformist movement. During the second term of Mohammad Khatami's presidency, Pezeshkian assumed the position of Minister of Health, but left the position after a short period as a result of his impeachment by Parliament.

In 2013, Pezeshkian submitted his candidacy for the presidential elections, but the Guardian Council rejected his request. Pezeshkian was able to win a seat in 2016 in the parliamentary elections, and maintained his seat for several years.

Following the release of the results of the 14th presidential elections in Iran and the announcement of his victory, Pezeshkian said: “Dear Iranian people, the elections have ended and this is just the beginning of our partnership.”