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Reformist Masoud Pezeshkian elected Iran's president

He beat the hardline conservative candidate Saeed Jalili in the second round of voting.

He beat the hardline conservative candidate Saeed Jalili after securing 53.3% of the more than 30 million votes counted.

Also in the programme: The UK's new Prime Minister holds his first cabinet meeting; and Turkey's ruling party are working on a new bill aimed at getting stray dogs off the streets.

(Photo: Iranian presidential reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian speaks during an election campaign in Tehran. Credit: STR/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

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  • Sat 6 Jul 202412:06GMT

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