In Iran, Masoud Pezeshkian, an ethnic Azerbaijani, member of the Majlis, won the second round of the 5 July presidential election. He won 16,384,403 votes, while his rival, Ayatollah Khamenei's representative in the Supreme National Security Council, Saeed Jalili, received 13,538,179 votes.  The turnout was 49.8 per cent. Masoud Pezeshkian is 69 years old. He has been a member of the Majlis since 2008 - in 16 years he has served as...

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