“Congratulations to Chile for successful presidential elections. We wish the new government every success and look forward to strengthening the ties between our two nations based on mutual respect and shared interests,” Esmaeil Baqaei said in a post on his X account on Monday.
Jose Antonio Kast has won Chile's presidential election by securing a commanding 58% of the vote in a runoff with the government-backed leftist candidate Jeannette Jara, who won 42%.