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Iran's Hassan Rouhani wins second term as president

Iran's Hassan Rouhani wins second term as president

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has won a second term in office, the interior minister has announced.

Out of more than 40 million votes cast, he received 57%, or close to 23m votes in total.

Mr Rouhani, a moderate who agreed a deal with world powers to limit Iran's nuclear programme, would thus avoid a second-round run-off.

His main challenger has complained about alleged voting irregularities.

Ebrahim Raisi, a conservative cleric, accused supporters of Mr Rouhani of hundreds of acts of propaganda at voting booths, which are banned under electoral law.

Source: bbc.com

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