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Reformist faces ultraconservative as Iran votes for president

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An Iranian woman casts her vote at a polling station, in Tehran on July 5, 2024. [AFP]

Iranians voted Friday in a presidential election runoff between a reformist advocating improved ties with the West and an ultraconservative former nuclear negotiator.

The election, called early after the death of ultraconservative president Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash, followed a first round marked by a historically low turnout last week.

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