China has congratulated Iran\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s President-elect Hojjatoleslam Hassan Rohani on his victory in the Islamic Republic\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s 11th presidential election.\n<\/p>\n
\u00c5\u201cChina congratulates Hassan Rouhani on his election as Iranian president,\u201d Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said at a regular press conference on Monday.\n<\/p>\n
\u00c5\u201cChina will seize this opportunity to promote the development of bilateral cooperation,\u201d Hua added.\n<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Hojjatoleslam Rohani said during his first press conference on Monday that Iran\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s good relations with China would continue in his administration.\n<\/p>\n
\u00c5\u201cThe new administration might consider [several] points with regards to this issue, and we will discuss these points in our negotiations with the Chinese officials,\u201d the Iranian president-elect noted.\n<\/p>\n
Hojjatoleslam Rohani emerged victorious in the presidential election of June 14, which was marked by a high voter turnout, winning 50.7 percent of a total of 36,704,156 ballots counted.\n<\/p>\n
The voter turnout in the election was 72.7 percent, according to Iran\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s Interior Ministry.\n<\/p>\n
Nearly 50.5 million Iranians, including more than 1.6 million first-time voters, were eligible to participate in the presidential, and City and Village Islamic Council elections.\n<\/p>\n
Rohani currently represents Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei in the Supreme National Security Council and is also 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
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