Iran’s presidential candidates discuss economic sanctions and nuclear deal ahead of Friday runoff

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian presidential candidates have discussed the impact of economic sanctions imposed on their country by the United States and other Western nations, and presented their views about reviving a nuclear deal with world powers. The live televised debate Tuesday was the second, and last between little-known reformist Masoud Pezeshkian, a heart surgeon, and Saeed Jalili, a hard-line former nuclear negotiator. The presidential runoff election is only Iran’s second since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Pezeshkian and Jalili had been the top vote-getters last week but Iranian law requires the winner to get a majority of votes cast.