Ebrahim Raeisi wins Iran’s presidential elections after securing 61.95% of votes

Ebrahim Raeisi has won Iran’s 2021 presidential election in a landslide victory after securing 61.95% of votes, according to the final results issued by Iran’s Interior Ministry.

At a news conference on Saturday, Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani-Fazli said out of a total of 28,933,004 votes cast in the presidential election, Raeisi garnered over 17.9 million votes, followed by Mohsen Rezaei who secured 3.4 million.

Nasser Hemmati garnered 2.4 million votes, and Amir-Hossein Ghazizadeh-Hashemi won almost one million votes.

Later in the day, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and the Iranian Parliament Speaker  Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf visited Raeisi at his election campaign headquarters to congratulate him in person.

Following the meeting, Rouhani thanked all those in charge of holding, overseeing and providing security to the election process, according to Press TV.

He said his team will be fully ready to offer any cooperation or assistance to their successors.

 Similarly, after meeting Raeisi, Qalibaf said that the parliament is fully ready to cooperate with the president-elect’s administration.

In turn, Raeisi pledged all-out efforts to resolve the country’s problems, especially those affecting the people’s livelihoods.

To achieve that goal, he said, he would consult with the administration of President Rouhani, the parliament, and the   elites.

Raeisi has been the chief of Iran’s Judiciary since 2019. The Muslim cleric has formerly held several other posts in Iran’s judicial branch since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

Hamda Mustafa