Iran will have a reformist president. In the second round of the elections, the former minister of health and reformer Masoud Pezeshkian prevailed over the conservative hardliner Saeed Jalili.
Former health minister, cardiac surgeon and reformer Masoud Pezeshkian won the presidential election in Iran, news agencies reported, citing the country's electoral authority spokesman Mohsen Eslami.
According to the results of the processing of all 30.5 million ballots submitted in the second round of the election, Pezeshkian won 16,384 million votes, or at least 53.6% of the total. Conservative Saeed Jalili, the Iranian leader's representative on the Supreme National Security Council of the Islamic Republic, received 13,538 million votes, or 44.3%.
The voter turnout in the second round was 49.8%.
Pezeshkian is the ninth president of Iran
The winner Pezeshkian assured in his first speech after the victory that he would "extend a friendly hand to everyone", France Press reported.
"We are all residents of this country, we must use everyone for the progress of the country,", he emphasized, thanking his supporters.
The man Iranians call "the doctor" reaffirmed his loyalty to the Islamic Republic but called for "constructive relations" with Washington and European countries to "bring Iran out of isolation".
"Voice of the Voiceless"
France Press recalls that Massoud Pezeshkian was the only non-conservative candidate admitted to the elections by the Guardian Council along with five other candidates. In its turn, BTA recalls that the winner of the Izlors is a father who raised three children alone after the death of his wife and other child in a car accident in 1993. Pezeshkian himself defines himself as the "voice of the voiceless,", the agency adds.