Iran\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s President-elect Hassan Rohani is set to hold his first press conference after securing victory in the country\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s 11th presidential election.\n<\/p>\n
Mohammad Soltanifar, a member of Rohani\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s electoral campaign team, said on Sunday that the press conference would be held on Monday at the Expediency Council’s Center for Strategic Research.\n<\/p>\n
Rohani currently represents the Leader in the Supreme National Security Council, and is a member of the Expediency Council and the Assembly of Experts. He is also the director of the Expediency Council’s Center for Strategic Research.\n<\/p>\n
Nearly 50.5 million Iranians, including more than 1.6 million first-time voters, were eligible to participate in the June 14 presidential, and city and village council elections. The Interior Ministry put the voter turnout at 72.7 percent.\n<\/p>\n
Rohani won the country\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s 11th presidential election by securing 18,613,329 votes, or 50.70 percent, of a total of 36,704,156 ballots counted.\n<\/p>\n
Principlist candidate Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf came in second with 6,077,292 votes. Principlist Saeed Jalili garnered 4,168,946 votes, and independent Mohsen Rezaei won 3,884,412 votes. Principlist Ali-Akbar Velayati and independent Mohammad Gharazi trailed behind in fifth and sixth places, with 2,268,753 and 446,015 votes respectively.\n<\/p>\n
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