SCO chief congratulates Pezeshkian’s election win

In his congratulatory message, Zhang Ming congratulated Masoud Pezeshkian on his election win as new president of the Islamic Republic of Iran and wished evermore success for the Islamic Republic on the international stage.

The Secretariat of Shanghai Cooperation Organization is committed to cooperating with Iran to ensure regional security and cooperate mutually for the further success of member states.

He wished well-being- prosperity, peace and security for the noble nation of Islamic Iran.

Pezeshkian received more than 16 million votes against former nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili with more than 13 million out of over 30 million votes cast, electoral authorities said.

“By gaining a majority of the votes cast on Friday, Pezeshkian has become Iran’s next president,” Iran’s Interior Ministry said.

The runoff on Friday followed a June 28 ballot in a snap election to find a successor to President Ebrahim Raeisi who lost his life with his foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and others in a helicopter crash in northwest Iran.

Pezeshkian originally ran against a field of five candidates last week, winning the largest number of votes but falling short of a majority which sent him and Jalili to a second round.

(MNA) /MA/IRN