Iran’s presidential poll was heading for a second round on Saturday with no candidate expected to garner half the votes in an election marred by a low turnout.
The run-off will offer voters a stark choice between a reformist promising to improve relations with the west and ease social restrictions, and a hardliner intent on consolidating conservatives’ grip on power.
With more than 19mn votes counted, Masoud Pezeshkian, a reformist former health minister, was ahead of Saeed Jalili, a…
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