Iran holds runoff presidential vote pitting hardliner against reformist

An Iranian voter displays her ink-stained finger after casting her ballot at a polling station in Tehran on July 5, 2024. Iran's runoff presidential election pits reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian against ultraconservative Saeed Jalili. Iranian presidential candidate and ultraconservative former nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili, center, casts his ballot at a polling station in Tehran on July 5, 2024. Iranian presidential candidate Masoud Pezeshkian waves at the crowd during the runoff presidential election in Tehran on July 5, 2024. (West Asia News Agency via Reuters)

Iranians voted Friday in a runoff presidential election between a hard-line former nuclear negotiator and a reformist lawmaker, with both men trying to convince a skeptical public to cast ballots after years of economic woes and mass protests roiling the Islamic Republic.