Masoud Pezeshkian Wins Iran Election Masoud Pezeshkian defeated an ultraconservative former nuclear negotiator, Saeed Jalili, in a runoff.

Reformist Masoud Pezeshkian Reaches Runoff in Iran’s Presidential Election Candidates in the campaign to fill the seat of President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash, showed notable candor about the country’s mounting problems.