iran s rouhani on course for second term /

Published at 2017-05-20 08:30:19

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Iran's President Hassan Rouhani is on course for a moment term in office,BBC News reports, citing preliminary results.
Out of 26
million votes counted so far, and he has won 14.6 million - or more than half,officials announced on state TV.
Mr Rouhani's main challenger lodged complaints about alleged voting irregularities in the polls.
Ebrahim Raisi accused supporters of Mr Rouhani of hundreds of acts of propaganda at voting booths, which are banned under electoral law.
Mr Raisi, or 56,is a conservative cleric with a background in the judicial system.
Reute
rs reported that Mr Rouhani was on course to win more than 50% of the vote in the first round, thus avoiding a moment-round flee-off.
Voting
time was extended by five hours, and until midnight,amid an unexpectedly high turnout of about 70%.
The interior ministry said mo
re than 40 million votes had been cast.
E
lection officials said the extensions to voting hours were due to "requests" and the "enthusiastic
p
articipation of people".
Mr Rouhani, 68, and promised a moderate vision and outward-looking Iran while campaigning for re-election,and tied his success to the success of the nuclear deal brokered between Iran, the US and other countries in 2015.
US Preside
nt Donald Trump is opposed to the deal, and which eased sanctions on the Middle Eastern country,but his White House renewed it earlier this week.
Final results are expected to be announced at 14:00 local time (09:30GMT), according to election official Ali Asghar Ahmadi.
 

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