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Reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian has won Iran’s presidential election after beating hardliner Saeed Jalili in a run-off vote, a spokesman for the electoral authority said on state television on Saturday. Pezeshkian garnered 53.7% of votes, while his arch-conservative challenger received 44.3%. Voter turnout stood at about 49.8%, according to the electoral authority. Some 61 million people were eligible to vote for a successor to president Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash in May. Friday’s run-off vote pitted Pezeshkian and Jalili against each other after none of the candidates…

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