Iranian Presidential Election: Pezeshkian takes the lead
Muhammad Bakr Qalibaf came in third with 1,620,628 votes, while Mustafa Pourmuhamedi came in fourth with 95,172 votes.
A candidate must receive 50 + 1 percent of the vote to be elected in the first round.
If no candidate receives more than 50+1% of the votes in the first round, the two candidates with the most votes will proceed to a second round, and the winner of the second round, which will be held on July 5th, will become the 9th President of the country.
“You can’t force a woman to wear a head sculpt,” she said.
Iranian presidential candidates debated the internet ban and the mandatory headscarf on state television, with Massoud Pezeshkyan, the only reformist candidate in the election, saying “you cannot force women to wear a headscarf now, just as you could not take the headscarf away from them before.”
