Iran will hold a run-off presidential election on July 5 after neither of the top candidates secured more than 50 per cent of votes in Friday’s polls, the interior ministry said on Saturday. The vote to replace Ebrahim Raisi after his [death][13] in a helicopter crash came down to a tight race between the sole moderate in a field of …
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June 29, 2024