Dubai | Iran’s president-elect, low-profile moderate Masoud Pezeshkian, carries the hopes of millions of Iranians seeking fewer restrictions on social freedoms and a more pragmatic foreign policy.

Mr Pezeshkian, who defeated hardliner Saeed Jalili in the weekend’s second-round presidential vote, is someone world powers are likely to welcome, hoping he might pursue peaceful ways out of a tense stand-off with Iran over its fast-advancing nuclear programme, analysts said.

Reuters