Tehran, July 6 (Reporter) Pro-reform candidate Masoud Pezeshkian won the runoff presidential elections held on Friday to become Iran’s ninth president. Out of a total of 30,530,157 votes counted, Pezeshkian, a heart surgeon, won 16,384,403 votes while conservative opponent Saeed Jalili was behind with 13,538,179 ballots. The turnout was reported to be 49.8%. Pezeshkian, 69, had served as a lawmaker in the Iranian Parliament for five four-year terms. He was also the vice speaker of Iran’s 10th Parliament. The president-elect served as Iran’s minister of health for four years during the administration of then-President Mohammad Khatami. Pezeshkian previously also served as the chancellor of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences and currently is a member of the academic staff at the prestigious university in northern Iran. He previously ran for the presidency in 2013 and 2021 but both times failed to make headway. Pezeshkian officially joined the campaign for the top executive office on June 1, the third day of registration, at the Interior Ministry in Tehran, accompanied by a group of supporters. The early election was held on June 28 across Iran with the participation of four candidates. Masoud Pezeshkian and Saeed Jalili won more votes than other hopefuls. The runoff election was planned for a week later as none of the candidates managed to get the majority of votes to become the president of Iran...////...