Amman: Masoud Pezeshkian will become Iran's president After winning a run-off with 53.7 percent of votes, defeating his rival Saeed Jalili, the Interior Ministry announced Saturday. Pezeshkian won 53.6% of 30.5 million ballots counted in Friday's presidential vote, against Jalili who had 44.3%, according to final results. Turnout was at 49.8%, it said. Pezeshkian came ahead of Jalili in the first round of the June 28 snap election to choose a successor to President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash in May. Source: Jordan News Agency
PM Directs All Official Coordination on 2030 Baptism Commemoration Through National Committee
August 12, 2026
Prime minister jafar hassan has instructed government and official institutions to channel all correspondence and activities related to the 2030 commemoration of the baptism of jesus christ through the high-level national committee established for the…