The Iranian foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, celebrating his boss’ victory, twitted: “We derive stability not from ‘coalitions’ but from our people, who, unlike many, do vote.”
Iran's Supreme Leader, ayatollah Ali Khamanei's customary post-election message thanked the people for the high turnout but did not directly congratulate the winner, incumbent president, Hassan Rouhani.
Iranian state television has congratulated President Hassan Rouhani for winning reelection.
The polls have closed in Iran in a four-man presidential race that could reinvigorate efforts for an economic and diplomatic thaw with the West or end a four-year interlude in hard-line domination of the government.
The United States' top military officer said on May 19 that a U.S. attack on a convoy of pro-Syrian government forces was strictly a "force protection measure" aimed at protecting U.S. forces and allies on the ground in Syria.
In reaction to the publication of Ghassem Soleimani’s alleged statement about the Iranian presidential elections, a spokesman for the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) said that all such announcements by IRGC commanders should be handled by the public relations authorities of the IRGC
A spokeswoman for the World Baha’i Community said on May 17 that the rights of the Baha’i faithful in the past four years under Iranian President Hassan Rouhani have been “violated more than ever, with hundreds of Baha’i businesses sealed without any warrant.”
U.S. forces for the first time bombed a convoy of Syrian government and Iranian-backed militia forces after Russia was unable to keep them from entering an area where U.S. allies have been preparing to battle the Islamic State, the Pentagon said on May 18.
Iran’s Interior Ministry warned on May 18 that anybody caught speculating about the winner of Friday’s presidential election will be “dealt with seriously.”
Reports circulated on May 17 by social media accounts close to Ebrahim Raeisi, the conservative candidate in Iran’s presidential race, spoke of Ali Akbar Nategh Noori having been ousted from his post as director of Supreme Leader, ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s office of inspections.
Iran has criticized new U.S. sanctions against individuals and companies with links to the country’s missile program, saying they would undermine the 2015 nuclear agreement with world powers.
Speaking in his hometown, presidential hopeful Ebrahim Raeisi reacted to the final campaign speech of president Hassan Rouhani.
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