Rohani Tops Early Election Results

Tehran, June 15, IRNA – The latest results of Iranˈs presidential election vote counting Saturday morning showed that Hassan Rohani is still widely ahead of his rivals with 3,219,322 votes. According to the sixth statement of the election headquarters of the Interior Ministry, the results were gained out of the 6,387,317 valid votes from a total 6,598,300 votes counted so far. The latest results of the vote counts are as follows: Hassan Rohani: 3,219,322, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf: 1,095,671 Saeed Jalili: 868,301 Mohsen Rezaei: 708,941 Ali Akbar Velayati: 412,941 Mohammad Gharazi: 82,141 Millions of Iranians on Friday cast their votes to choose the country’s 11th president as well as their representatives in the city and rural councils. Some 50.5 million Iranians, including more than 1.6 million first-time voters, were eligible to vote in the elections./end