Masoud Pezeshkian won the run-off of the Iranian presidential elections, securing about 55 percent of the votes. Pezeshkian won the second round with 16,384,403 votes, while Saeed Jalili received 13,538,179 votes, after counting 30,530,157 votes from polling stations both inside and outside the country. Voter turnout for the run-off elections was 49.8 percent. The second round of the Iranian presidential elections took place yesterday, Friday, across the country and in about 100 countries worldwide, to elect the ninth president of Iran from the candidates Masoud Pezeshkian and Saeed Jalili. Source: Qatar News Agency
Security Council Condemns Deadly Attack on UN Peacekeepers in South Sudan’s Jonglei State
August 28, 2026
Abu dhabi: The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the deliberate and brutal attack by armed