Hassan Rouhani elected Iran President Election

<p><span style="line-height: 1.42857;">Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has won a second term in office.</span><br></p><p>Out of more than 40 million votes cast, he received 57%, or close to 23m votes in total.</p><p>President Rouhani, a moderate who agreed a deal with world powers to limit Iran's nuclear programme, will thus avoid a second-round run-off.</p><p>His main challenger has complained about alleged voting irregularities.</p><p>Ebrahim Raisi, a conservative cleric, accused supporters of President Rouhani of hundreds of acts of propaganda at voting booths – banned under electoral law.</p><p>State TV congratulated Mr Rouhani on his victory. Interior Minister Abdul Reza Rahmani Fazli said Mr Raisi received 38.5%, or 15.7m votes – not enough to take the election to a second round.</p>