MEXICO CITY, July 6 The Venezuelan government published congratulations to the people of Iran on connection with the holding of presidential elections and expressed support for the elected President Masoud Pezeshkian and the government of the Islamic Republic.
«Venezuela congratulates the people of the Islamic Republic of Iran, their commitment to democracy was demonstrated in the second round of the presidential elections held on July 5, 2024, which brought victory to His Excellency Masoud Pezeshkian as the new President of the Islamic Republic of Iran,» a statement on the foreign policy website reads. departments of Venezuela.
Earlier, the head of the Iranian election commission, Mohsen Eslami, announced that reformist politician Masoud Pezeshkian won the second round of early presidential elections in Iran, gaining 16,384,403 votes. His competitor, representative of the conservative wing Said Jalili, received 13,538,179 votes. According to Eslami, a total of 30,573,931 votes were counted, with a turnout of 49.8%.
«President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian and the brotherly revolutionary people of Iran have the absolute support of President Nicolas Maduro Moros and the Bolivarian Revolution to further deepen the brotherly relations between both peoples and in a comprehensive strategic alliance for mutually beneficial cooperation, as well as achieving efforts to consolidate a multipolar world, in continuing the fight against claims to hegemony that threaten multilateralism and world peace,” the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry said in a communiqué.