According to Eslami, Pejeshkian received 42 percent of the total votes, while Jalili received 38 percent, but neither achieved the minimum threshold of 50 percent, Xinhua news agency reported.
The spokesman said turnout was 40 percent among the more than 61 million Iranians eligible to vote, adding that a runoff election would be held next Friday, July 5, because a majority was not secured by any candidate.
Additionally, Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf received 3,383,340 votes or 13.8 percent and former Interior Minister and Justice Minister Mostafa Pourmohammadi received 206,397 votes or 0.8 percent, Eslami said.
Voting took place on Friday in Iran's 14th presidential election, following the death of President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash last month.
According to officials, voting took place at about 59,000 polling stations in more than 95 states and more than 61 million people are eligible to vote in the election.
Iran's 14th presidential election, initially scheduled for 2025, was rescheduled following Raisi's unexpected death.
Initially, there were six candidates – Hossein Ghazizadeh Hashemi, the current Vice President; Tehran Mayor Alireza Zakani; Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, Parliamentary Speaker; Saeed Jalili, former top negotiator for nuclear talks; Mostafa Pourmohammadi, former Interior Minister and Justice Minister; and Massoud Pezeshkian, former health minister.
Later, Hashemi and Zakani, two principled candidates, withdrew from the race in favor of Qalibaf and Jalili, who were also in the principled camp.
The spokesman said turnout was 40 percent among the more than 61 million Iranians eligible to vote, adding that a runoff election would be held next Friday, July 5, because a majority was not secured by any candidate.
Additionally, Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf received 3,383,340 votes or 13.8 percent and former Interior Minister and Justice Minister Mostafa Pourmohammadi received 206,397 votes or 0.8 percent, Eslami said.
Voting took place on Friday in Iran's 14th presidential election, following the death of President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash last month.
According to officials, voting took place at about 59,000 polling stations in more than 95 states and more than 61 million people are eligible to vote in the election.
Iran's 14th presidential election, initially scheduled for 2025, was rescheduled following Raisi's unexpected death.
Initially, there were six candidates – Hossein Ghazizadeh Hashemi, the current Vice President; Tehran Mayor Alireza Zakani; Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, Parliamentary Speaker; Saeed Jalili, former top negotiator for nuclear talks; Mostafa Pourmohammadi, former Interior Minister and Justice Minister; and Massoud Pezeshkian, former health minister.
Later, Hashemi and Zakani, two principled candidates, withdrew from the race in favor of Qalibaf and Jalili, who were also in the principled camp.
