TEHRAN -- Iran’s Constitutional Council on Sunday confirmed the results of the June 28 presidential elections, paving the way for the hopefuls to begin campaigning for the July 5 runoff election.
“The validity of the first round of the presidential election has been approved by the Constitutional Council,” spokesman Hadi Tahan Nazif said.
Nazif explained that no complaints were submitted to the Constitutional Council by any of the candidates.
“Campaigning for the second round of elections will start after the announcement of the validity of the elections and will continue until 24 hours before the voting,” he added.
More than 24.5 million people cast their votes in Friday’s election to elect a successor to President Ebrahim Raisi, who lost his life in a helicopter crash on May 19.
None of the candidates secured the necessary votes to win the race. The top two candidates, Masoud Pezeshkian and Saeed Jalili, subsequently advanced to the runoff set for July 5.