Cleric Rouhani garned three times as many votes as his closest rival. That is amazing. I wish him well.
I look forward to his cohesive leadership of the people of Iran. I am sure his election is a great comfort to the Supreme Leader.
Rouhani won Iran's Friday's presidential election with more than 18 million of the votes [Reuters]
June 17, 2013
The Iranian government (click here) will fix the economy and reconstruct relations with the world, Hassan Rouhani, Iran's new president, has said in his first press conference since winning elections over the weekend.
Addressing the media in Tehran on Monday, he said his government will not forget their election promises.
"We need to be honest, have clean hearts... and should learn from the mistakes from the past in order to save the country," he said.
Rouhani won Iran's Friday's presidential election with more than 18 million of the votes.
The country's Interior minister, Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar, said 72 percent of the 50 million eligible Iranians had turned out to vote, and that Rouhani had secured just over the 50 percent of the vote needed to avoid a run-off.
His closest rival, Tehran mayor Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, garnered six million votes....
