TEHRAN – Unofficial figures show that pro-reform candidate Masoud Pezeshkian has won 17 million votes, and his conservative opponent Saeed Jalili has garnered about 14 million.
The unofficial figures have also put the number of voter turnout in the Friday runoff presidential election at about 50 percent in comparison to the first round on June 28 which was about 40 percent.
Reportedly, out of 60 million eligible voters in Iran, over 30 million participated in the Friday election.
Immediately after the voting process ended in the run-off presidential election in Iran on Friday night, the work to count the ballots started in polling stations across the country.
The voting started at 8: am local time on Friday morning and extended three times, lasting until 12: pm at midnight.