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Iran heading for runoff election after neither lead candidate scores majority
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Turnout estimated to be as low as 40%, a record low since the revolution and a rebuff for the regime
Iran is heading to a runoff election in a week’s time after the reformist lawmaker Masoud Pezeshkian secured a narrow lead over the hardline former nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili but failed to secure more than 50% of the votes.
Turnout may end up low as 40%, a record low for an Iranian presidential election since the revolution in 1979.
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The Wall Street Journal - World
Iran Election Goes to a Runoff
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CBS News - Top stories
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The New York Times - World
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