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By bne Tehran bureau Iran’s presidential election runoff appears to be tilting in favour of reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian, according to early reports from Iranian media outlets. Raja News, a channel closely aligned with conservative candidate Saeed Jalili, has reported that Pezeshkian has secured approximately 16mn votes, whilst Jalili trails with roughly 13mn. The Entekhab news website, citing analysis of voting patterns and field reports, suggests that voter turnout for the second round is hovering around 50% ‘Based on an examination of each candidate’s strongholds, we project Masoud…