After securing 53.7 percent of the vote to win the run-off election, Pezeshkian concedes that there is a “difficult path ahead.”
In his first public speech as president-elect of Iran, Masoud Pezeshkian, who defeated his conservative opponent Saeed Jalili in a runoff election, made a commitment to serve all Iranians.
Pezeshkian declared that his win will “usher in a new chapter” for the nation while speaking on Saturday from Tehran, the capital of Iran.
During brief remarks at the mausoleum of the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, he stated, “We are ahead of a big trial, a trial of hardships and challenges, simply to provide a prosperous life to our people.”
In addition to praising the comparatively high voter turnout on Friday, Pezeshkian pledged to “fulfil all the promises” he had made and to pay attention to the opinions of the Iranian people.
Regarded as a moderate and progressive contender, Pezeshkian garnered over 16.4 million of the over 30 million votes cast, surpassing Jalili’s total of roughly 13.5 million, according per the official tally.
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“By gaining [the] majority of the votes cast on Friday, Pezeshkian has become Iran’s next president,” the Ministry of Interior said in a statement.
Shortly after the announcement, Jalili conceded defeat, saying anybody elected by the people must be respected.
“Not only should he be respected, but now we must use all our strength and help him move forward with strength,” he told state television.
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There were scenes of celebration after the results were declared, with small groups of Pezeshkian supporters taking to the streets.
Russian President Vladimir Putin was among several world leaders to congratulate Pezeshkian, but Western leaders were yet to respond.
Political analysts said Pezeshkian’s triumph might see the promotion of a pragmatic foreign policy, ease tensions over the now-stalled negotiations with major world powers to revive a 2015 nuclear deal and improve prospects for social liberalisation in Iran.
Both presidential candidates had promised to revive the flagging economy, beset by mismanagement and sanctions reimposed since 2018 after then-United States President Donald Trump unilaterally ditched the nuclear deal.
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Tohid Asadi, a professor at Tehran University, told that Pezeshkian’s victory showed that many Iranians are interested in “a shift in domestic and foreign policies”.
Still, Asadi explained that Iranian politics are “a highly dynamic and complex mechanism” in which the president is only one actor influencing decisions.
Regarding the nuclear agreement, he stated that “the United States and the West will have the final say” in restoring confidence inside the Iranian political system.
Professor at Fars Media Faculty and analyst based in Tehran, Mostafa Khoshcheshm, stated he did not anticipate strategic shifts in Iran’s foreign policy.
“The entire establishment, mostly at the Supreme National Security Council, where [there are] representatives of the government as well as the armed forces, the Iranian supreme leader, and the Parliament,” he clarified, “decides on the foreign policy file.”
In the end, Pezeshkian will be in charge of applying state policy outlined by Khamenei, who wields ultimate authority in the country.
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