{"id":1088,"date":"2013-06-15T13:24:01","date_gmt":"2013-06-15T08:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iransview.com\/?p=1088"},"modified":"2013-06-15T21:36:22","modified_gmt":"2013-06-15T17:06:22","slug":"latest-iran-election-info-80-turn-out-moderate-rowhani-leading-with-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iransview.com\/latest-iran-election-info-80-turn-out-moderate-rowhani-leading-with-50\/1088\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest Iran Election Info: 80% Turn Out Moderate Rowhani Leading With 50%"},"content":{"rendered":"

Iran’s Presidential Election officially ended late Saturday. An 80% turn out is estimated. Vote counting still continuing.<\/span><\/p>\n

Stay Updated Here With Live Iranian Election Coverage!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

According to the latest official results announced by Iran\u2019s Interior Ministry with 23,014,873\u00a0ballots counted so far, the moderate cleric Hassan Rowhani is leading with 11,754,013\u00a0votes which is 51.07% of the counted votes followed by Tehran’s Mayor Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf with 3,494,938\u00a0which is 15.19% of the counted votes.<\/span><\/p>\n

If a candidate wins over 50 percent of the vote in the first round, he will replace the incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Otherwise a run-off will be held in a week’s time to determine a final winner in the race.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The former head of Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guard is in third place with 1,518,964 votes, closely followed by the secretary of Iran\u2019s National Security Council, Saeed Jalili with 1,400,712 votes.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Ali Akbar Velayati a former Foreign Minister and an advisor to Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader with 729,044 votes and former Oil Minister of the country Sayed Mohammad Gharazi with 143,301 votes are on the bottom of the list.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Sayed Ali Khamenei said\u00a0on Wednesday\u00a0a high turn-out in the presidential election is more important than anything else.<\/span><\/div>\n
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\u201cMy expectation from our dear people is that they participate [in the elections],\u201d He said shortly after casting his vote\u00a0on Friday.<\/span><\/div>\n
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\u201cEnemies are trying to discourage people from voting,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and Ali Akbar Velayati issued statements shortly after voting ended and thanked the Iranian nation for their participation in Iran\u2019s election.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Hassan Rouhani\u2019s campaign also issued a similar statement praising people\u2019s high turn-out in Iran’s eleventh Presidential Election.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Former two-term President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani who backed Rowhani in the elections issued a statement on Saturday calling Iran’s elections, the most democratic elections in the world.<\/p>\n

“Iranians demonstrated their ignorance to foreign and domestic propaganda. Our enemies should confess that Iran has the most democratic election in the world and they can\u2019t cast doubts on results,” the statement read.<\/p>\n

He also appreciated the “Elections authorities” for the perfect conduct of the elections.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cThe Tsunami of the Iranian nation beat the White House,\u201d said Mohammad Reza Naghdi the commander of the Basij force (People’s Militia). \u201cThe High turn-out in the Iranian election proves the trust of the people to the Islamic establishment.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n
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Who is Hassan Rowhani (The overwhelming frontrunner)?<\/span><\/div>\n
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Hassan Rowhani entered Iran\u2019s parliament in 1981, and remained an MP for 5 Parliamentary sessions, he was the deputy speaker in the fourth and fifth parliaments which were among the most fundamentalist parliaments in the Islamic Republic and in which the reformist were under much pressure.<\/span><\/div>\n
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He has been the Supreme Leader\u2019s representative to Iran\u2019s Supreme National Security Council since its establishment.<\/span><\/div>\n
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He has been a member of the Assembly of Experts since 1999 and member of the Islamic Republic of Iran\u2019s Expediency Council since 1991.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Rowhani is also a member of the fundamentalist \u201d Combatant Clergy Association\u201d, \u00a0( Jame\u2019e-ye Rowhaniyat-e Mobarez).<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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