Rouhani Wins Re-election in Iran by a Wide Margin<br />Fazel Meybodi said that A big margin victory, and god forbid the supreme leader passes in the coming<br />four years, Rouhani will, at least temporarily, have a better command to run the country,<br />Of the 41 million votes cast, the Interior Ministry said, Mr. Rouhani won 23 million (or 57 percent),<br />soundly defeating his chief opponent, Ebrahim Raisi, who received 15.7 million (38.5 percent).<br />" she said. that At the time, Mr. Rouhani tweeted saying the country needed happiness,<br />But the hard-liner Ebrahim Raisi and President Hassan Rouhani, a reformist, are both turning to Instagram to court young voters.<br />By THOMAS ERDBRINKMAY 20, 2017<br />TEHRAN — Riding a large turnout from Iran’s urban middle classes, President Hassan Rouhani won re-election in a landslide on Saturday,<br />giving him a mandate to continue his quest to expand personal freedoms and open Iran’s ailing economy to global investors.<br />Nevertheless, as supreme leader, Ayatollah Khamenei remains the ultimate arbiter in Iran’s opaque political system,<br />and he must approve any further changes sought by Mr. Rouhani.<br />that I just want to live a normal life.<br />In defeating Mr. Raisi, Mr. Rouhani proved once again<br />that Iran’s electorate prefers the moderate reformist path over the rigid ideology and harsh social restrictions favored by the conservative clergy and security establishment.
