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Tehran Mayor Wins Upset Victory In Iran’s Presidential Election

HeadlineJun 27, 2005

In Iran, Tehran’s conservative mayor won an upset victory in Iran’s run-off presidential election. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad garnered 62 percent of 28 million votes, beating reformist former-president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. In his first press conference as president-elect, Ahmadinejad backed up Iran’s nuclear program but said he would continue negotiations with three European nations. While Rafsanjani said in his campaign that he would work to improve relations with the United States, Ahmadinejad announced he would not seek rapprochement.

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