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Hassan Rouhani to be re-elected as Iran’s President for the second term

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has been re-elected for a second four-year term with an unassailable leader, as per results announced by the country’s Interior Ministry on Saturday.

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The Iranian Interior Ministry has declared the almost final results of the Friday presidential election, putting Hassan Rouhani in the lead with 22,796,468 votes so far, state-owned Press TV reported.

President Rouhani’s opposing rival Ebrahim Raeisi garnered 15,452,194 votes, while Mostafa Aqa-Mirsalim and Mostafa Hashemi-Taba, the other two candidates, have so far received 455,211 and 210,597 votes respectively.

Rouhani has gained 56.88 percent of the votes so far, compared to 38.55 percent for Raeisi. Aqa-Mirsalim and Hashemi-Taba have so far secured 1.13 and 0.52 percent of the votes, respectively.

Iran’s 12th presidential election was held on Friday and voting hours were extended several times due to a high turnout in the polls.

More than 40 million ballots were used in the 12th Presidential election.

Rouhani’s win is likely to have a huge impact on the country’s relations with the West and on the Iran nuclear deal which was achieved after years of tough negotiations.

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The election is seen as a verdict on President Rouhani’s policy of opening up Iran to the world and his efforts to revive the economy.

President Rouhani has sought to frame the election as a choice between greater civil liberties and extremism.

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