He beat the hardline conservative candidate Saeed Jalili after securing 53.3% of the more than 30 million votes counted.

Also in the programme: The UK's new Prime Minister holds his first cabinet meeting; and Turkey's ruling party are working on a new bill aimed at getting stray dogs off the streets.

(Photo: Iranian presidential reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian speaks during an election campaign in Tehran. Credit: STR/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)