Voters will elect a new Iranian president on Friday as a hardline conservative goes head-to-head with a reformist. The run-off takes place after no candidate secured a majority in the first round of the election on 28 June, which saw a historically low voter turnout of 40%.

Iranian presidential candidate Saeed Jalili, a hard-line former nuclear negotiator, speaks to a group of athlete supporters during a campaign stop at a sports hall in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, June 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Masoud Pezeshkian and Saeed Jalili are headed to a runoff presidential election on Friday to replace the late hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash in May.