TEHRAN – President Asif Ali Zardari has felicitated Masoud Pezeshkian on his election as the Iranian President.
The president said both Pakistan and Iran enjoy fraternal ties.
He expressed the confidence that under the leadership of Masoud Pezeshkian, these relations will grow further stronger.
He said Pakistan looks forward to working together with Iran for the peace and prosperity of the region.
Earlier, the Iranian Election Commission announced that Masoud Pezeshkian has won the presidential elections.
According to the results of the second round of the presidential election in Iran, reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian easily defeated his rival and hardline leader Saeed Jalili.
In the first round of the presidential election, Masoud Pezeshkian received 42.4% of the votes while his closest rival conservative political leader Saeed Jalili, received 38.6% of the votes.
The Iranian Election Headquarters has announced the results of the second round of the presidential election, according to which 30 million people cast their votes, and more than 16.3 million of them voted for Masoud Pezeshkian.
Saeed Jalili managed to secure more than 13.5 million votes, resulting in a voter turnout of 49% during the second round of the election.
On Friday, in Iran, the votes were cast for the election of the new president.
The voting started at 8 AM and continued until midnight, and the administration had to extend the polling time three times due to the rush of voters at polling stations.
