Iranian presidential election heads into runoff

The vote was called after the death of President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash in May

Iran will hold a second round of its presidential election after none of the candidates secured enough votes for victory during Friday’s ballot, the Interior Ministry has said.

The snap election was called after the death of President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash in Iran’s East Azerbaijan Province on May 19.

The results of the first round mean that two of the candidates ...