Hardliner faces reformist in Iran presidential run-off
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Hardliner faces reformist in Iran presidential run-off

Voting is under way to elect a new Iranian president as a hardline conservative goes head-to-head with a reformist. The run-off comes after no candidate secured a majority in the first round of the election on 28 June, which saw a historically low voter turnout of 40%. One of them Dr Massoud Pezeshkian, a former heart surgeon, is critical of Iran’s notorious morality police - but his rival Saeed Jalili favours the status quo. The election was called after Iran’s previous...