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Early presidential elections in Iran were held on 28 June and 5 July 2024 [1] following the death of incumbent president Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash on 19 May. [2]Four candidates contested the first round of the election, in which Masoud Pezeshkian won 44%, Saeed Jalili won 40%, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf won 14% and Mostafa Pourmohammadi won less than 1% of the vote.
Iran's new president Masoud Pezeshkian was sworn in on Tuesday, after winning an election earlier this month by promising to improve ties with the world and ease restrictions on social freedoms at ...
Just 48% of voters participated in the 2021 presidential election and turnout plumbed a record low of 41% in a parliamentary election in March. State television showed queues inside polling ...
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei voted in the country’s runoff election aimed at choosing a new president for the country after forem President Ebrahim Raisi died in a May ...
He ran in the 2013 presidential election, but withdrew. He lost the 2021 Iranian presidential election. [7] He won the 2024 presidential election on 5 July in a runoff with 54.76% of the popular vote. [8] He became the President of Iran on 28 July 2024. [9] He is the oldest person to serve in this position, taking office at the age of 69. [10]
Mohammad Mokhber was the acting President of Iran.He served his term as acting president and led an interim government of the Islamic Republic of Iran. [1] [2] On 19 May 2024, after the death of President Ebrahim Raisi, Mokhber assumed the role and was confirmed in his position by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on 20 May. [3]
Iran’s presidential election is heading to a second round after none of the four candidates managed to secure more than 50% in Friday’s vote. ... according to the state news agency IRNA ...
The President of Iran is the highest official elected by direct, popular vote, although the President carries out the decrees, and answers to the Supreme Leader of Iran, who functions as the country's head of state. [1] [2] Chapter IX of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran sets forth