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| Hassan Rouhani wins Iran presidential election | Hassan Rouhani wins Iran presidential election |
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| Reformist-backed cleric Hassan Rouhani has won Iran's presidential election, securing just over 50% of the vote and so avoiding the need for a run-off. | Reformist-backed cleric Hassan Rouhani has won Iran's presidential election, securing just over 50% of the vote and so avoiding the need for a run-off. |
| Tehran Mayor Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf was well behind in second place. | Tehran Mayor Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf was well behind in second place. |
| Turnout was estimated at 72.2% among the 50 million Iranians who were eligible to vote to choose a successor to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who was ineligible to stand again. | |
| Mr Rouhani has pledged greater detente and engagement with world powers. | |
| Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is scheduled to ratify the vote on 3 August. The new president will then take the oath in parliament. | |
| 'Best candidate' | 'Best candidate' |
| Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar announced that Mr Rouhani had won 18,613,329 of the 36,704,156 votes cast. This represented 50.71% of the vote. | |
| Mr Qalibaf won 6,077,292 votes to take second place (16.56%). | |
| Saeed Jalili came third and Mohsen Rezai fourth. | |
| Mr Najjar said that any presidential candidates unhappy with the results would have three days to lodge complaints to the Guardian Council. | Mr Najjar said that any presidential candidates unhappy with the results would have three days to lodge complaints to the Guardian Council. |
| The winning candidate needed more than 50% of all ballots cast, including invalid ones, to avoid a run-off. | The winning candidate needed more than 50% of all ballots cast, including invalid ones, to avoid a run-off. |
| Voting had been extended by five hours on Friday evening to allow more people to cast their ballots. | Voting had been extended by five hours on Friday evening to allow more people to cast their ballots. |
| Although all six candidates were seen as conservatives, analysts say Mr Rouhani - a 64-year-old cleric often described as "moderate" who has held several parliamentary posts and served as chief nuclear negotiator - has been reaching out to reformists in recent days. | Although all six candidates were seen as conservatives, analysts say Mr Rouhani - a 64-year-old cleric often described as "moderate" who has held several parliamentary posts and served as chief nuclear negotiator - has been reaching out to reformists in recent days. |
| The surge of support for him came after Mohammad Reza Aref, the only reformist candidate in the race, announced on Tuesday that he was withdrawing on the advice of pro-reform ex-President Mohammad Khatami. | The surge of support for him came after Mohammad Reza Aref, the only reformist candidate in the race, announced on Tuesday that he was withdrawing on the advice of pro-reform ex-President Mohammad Khatami. |
| Mr Rouhani thus went into polling day with the endorsement of two ex-presidents - Mr Khatami and Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, who was disqualified from the race by the powerful Guardian Council, a 12-member body of theologians and jurists. | Mr Rouhani thus went into polling day with the endorsement of two ex-presidents - Mr Khatami and Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, who was disqualified from the race by the powerful Guardian Council, a 12-member body of theologians and jurists. |
| One of Mr Rouhani's main pledges was to try to ease international sanctions imposed on Iran over its nuclear programme. | |
| Iran has been suffering economic hardship, with rising unemployment, a devalued currency and soaring inflation. | |
| The hardline candidates included Mr Qalibaf - who is seen as a pragmatic conservative - and nuclear negotiator Mr Jalili - who is said to be very close to Ayatollah Khamenei. | |
| The other three candidates were Mr Rezai, a former head of the powerful Revolutionary Guards, former Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Velayati, and former Telecommunications Minister Mohammad Gharazi. | The other three candidates were Mr Rezai, a former head of the powerful Revolutionary Guards, former Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Velayati, and former Telecommunications Minister Mohammad Gharazi. |
| One eligible voter, Mahdi, a software developer from Mashhad said he had not cast a ballot as he was "against the Islamic Republic". | One eligible voter, Mahdi, a software developer from Mashhad said he had not cast a ballot as he was "against the Islamic Republic". |
| But he added: "Having said that, I hope Rouhani wins, because he is the best candidate... Rouhani won't change things dramatically, he will probably only make things slightly better." | But he added: "Having said that, I hope Rouhani wins, because he is the best candidate... Rouhani won't change things dramatically, he will probably only make things slightly better." |
| 'Intimidation' | 'Intimidation' |
| After the last presidential election in June 2009, millions of Iranians took to the streets to demand a rerun, when the supreme leader dismissed claims by the three defeated candidates of widespread fraud. | After the last presidential election in June 2009, millions of Iranians took to the streets to demand a rerun, when the supreme leader dismissed claims by the three defeated candidates of widespread fraud. |
| Two of them, former Prime Minister Mir Hussein Mousavi and senior cleric Mehdi Karroubi, became leaders of a nationwide opposition known as the Green Movement, after its signature colour. | Two of them, former Prime Minister Mir Hussein Mousavi and senior cleric Mehdi Karroubi, became leaders of a nationwide opposition known as the Green Movement, after its signature colour. |
| They were placed under house arrested in February 2011 when they applied to stage a protest in support of the anti-government uprisings which were sweeping the Arab world. They are still being detained. | They were placed under house arrested in February 2011 when they applied to stage a protest in support of the anti-government uprisings which were sweeping the Arab world. They are still being detained. |
| No foreign observers monitored this year's election and there have also been concerns that media coverage in the run-up has been unfair. | No foreign observers monitored this year's election and there have also been concerns that media coverage in the run-up has been unfair. |
| Many reformist newspapers have been shut down, access to the internet and foreign broadcasters has been restricted, and journalists have been detained. | Many reformist newspapers have been shut down, access to the internet and foreign broadcasters has been restricted, and journalists have been detained. |