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Masoud Pezeshkian, belonging to the reformist wing, is leading in Iran’s 14th Presidential election with 43.5% of the votes. Saeed Jalili of the conservative wing follows with 37.7% of the votes. This was announced by Mohsen Eslami, a spokesman for the Islamic Republic’s electoral headquarters, Anadolu Agency reported.

Eslami announced…

In the early Presidential elections in Iran, according to the results of counting 12 million votes, ex-MP Masoud Pezeshkian, who is a candidate from the reform wing, is in the lead, representative of the country’s election headquarters Mohsen Eslami said on the IRIB TV channel.

According to the results of…

The construction of the new Tbilisi-Sagarejo (Kakheti) expressway, extending to the Azerbaijani border, is progressing rapidly and is set to be completed in 2024, Azernews reports, citing Report.

President of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) Arkady Dvorkovich visited the Azerbaijani capital city of Baku to attend the opening ceremony of the “Baku Open 2024” International Chess Festival to be held today at the Baku Sports Palace at 14:30 local time, Azernews ​reports.

As of June 1, 2024, the provision of crediting in Azerbaijan’s economy stood at just under 26.5 billion manats (over $15.58 billion), Azernews ​reports.