Putin congratulates Rouhani on victory in election
14:44, 20 May 2017YEREVAN, MAY 20, ARMENPRESS. Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Iran's President Hassan Rouhani on the victory in the presidential election on Friday, the Kremlin's press service reported.
Putin expressed readiness to further develop the Russian-Iranian partnership on bilateral and international issues.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has secured the necessary majority in Friday’s election, defeating his conservative rival, Ebrahim Raisi, according to the country’s Interior Minister, RT reports.
Rouhani has secured over 23.549 million votes, while Raisi has garnered around 15.786 million.
The rest of the candidates trailed far behind the front-runners, with Mostafa Mirsalim getting 478,215 votes and Mostafa Hashem Taba 219,450 votes at the latest count.
Earlier, the Interior Ministry reported that over 40 million ballots were cast by Iranians on Friday, indicating a turnout of 70 percent.
The public TV of Iran congratulated Rouhani before the official release of results.
56 million Iranians were eligible to vote.
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