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Hassan Rouhani wins Iran presidential elections
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has won a second term in office, the interior minister has announced, reports BBC. 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, will 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 - banned under electoral law. Read more here
