Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has won a second term in office, the interior minister has announced. Out of more than 40 million votes cast, he received 57%, or close to 23m votes in total. Rouhani, a moderate who agreed a deal with world powers to limit Iran's nuclear programme, will thus avoid a second-round run-off. Interior Minister Abdul Reza Rahmani Fazli said Raisi received 38.5%, or 15.7m votes - not enough to take the election to a second round. Rouhani, 68, promised a moderate vision and an outward-looking Iran, and tied his success to the success of the nuclear deal brokered between Iran, the US and other countries in 2015.

Source: The Star May 20, 2017 15:45 UTC