DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Hard-line Iranian presidential candidate Saeed Jalili may have been Tehran's top nuclear negotiator for years, but he won no plaudits from Western diplomats ...

Iranians voted in a snap presidential election on June 29. With no candidate securing 50% of the vote, a runoff was held on Friday between Saeed Jalili and liberal candidate Masoud Pezeshkian, who ...

Iran’s president-elect Masoud Pezeshkian stood as a wildcard candidate, and defied expectations to win the presidency against ...

Hardline candidate Saeed Jalili and rival Massoud Pezeshkian, who is seen as reformist, both failed to secure a majority in the presidential race. Mr Pezeshkian was narrowly ahead, with each man ...

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. “Thus ...

Instead, they overwhelmingly supported the candidacy of Saeed Jalili, a politician with a cleaner record but hard-line ideological views. This support helped Jalili come in second in the election’s ...

Early results reported by Iran’s election authority on state television showed reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian narrowly ahead of hard-liner Saeed Jalili. Mohsen Eslami, the election ...

President: Masoud Pezeshkian Reformist Masoud Pezeshkian was elected as Iran president in July 2024, beating his hardline conservative rival Saeed Jalili. He won 53.3% of the more than 30 million ...

President: Masoud Pezeshkian Reformist Masoud Pezeshkian was elected as Iran president in July 2024, beating his hardline conservative rival Saeed Jalili. He won 53.3% of the more than 30 million ...