International Courant
TEHRAN, Iran
Saeed Jalili, a high-profile Iranian diplomat and politician, was one of many first candidates to announce his bid for Iran’s presidency on the primary day to register to run for workplace on April 30.
Jalili, a conservative political determine, garnered 9.4 million votes in Friday’s snap presidential election, ending within the second spot after senior lawmaker and reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian.
The 2 will now face one another in a run-off election on July 5 as they acquired the utmost variety of votes however fell in need of the 50 p.c vote mark.
After submitting his software for candidacy on April 30, Jalili spoke of the “historic alternative” dealing with the Iranian nation and pledged to maintain alive the legacy of late President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash final month.
Jalili’s notable assignments embody main the nation’s nuclear talks with the US in 2007-2013 underneath then-President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
He additionally served as head of the Supreme Nationwide Safety Council, a high influential safety physique within the nation.
Earlier than that, he was deputy director of North and Central America on the Iranian International Ministry.
In 2013, Jalili made his first bid for the presidency and completed third. In 2021, he joined the race once more however ultimately pulled out in favor of the eventual winner, Raisi.
He has been one of the vital vocal opponents of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, a place he highlighted in his election marketing campaign, together with in televised debates.
Pre-election opinion polls confirmed Jalili and parliament speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf evenly poised for victory, however voters fully bucked this forecast on Friday, with Qalibaf ending up in third place with simply 3.3 million votes, roughly one-third of his conservative rival.
Importantly, Jalili was intently concerned within the Iran-Iraq Battle within the Nineteen Eighties and misplaced a part of his leg after a frontline damage.
In 2013, he was appointed by Iran’s Supreme Chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to the Expediency Council, a robust administrative meeting tasked with resolving coverage disputes within the nation.
Within the presidential debates, Jalili mentioned he would “make the enemy remorse” its actions of imposing sanctions on Iran, including that he had an “motion plan” to do that if elected president.
He additionally dismissed claims that the 2015 Iran nuclear deal benefited the nation economically, arguing that financial progress was “zero and unfavorable” when the accord was signed.
Jalili has additionally advocated strongly for necessary hijab (Islamic scarf), accusing the West of concealing the “superb function” Iranian ladies had in numerous fields. He known as the hijab a gown code to “protect and strengthen the sanctity of the establishment of household.”
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