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World|politics|May 20, 2017 / 10:00 AM
Iran election: Hassan Rouhani on course for second term

AKIPRESS.COM - Iran's President Hassan Rouhani is on course for a second term in office, preliminary results show, BBC reports.

Out of 26 million votes counted so far, he has won 14.6 million - or more than half, officials announced on state TV.

Mr Rouhani's main challenger lodged complaints about alleged voting irregularities in the polls.

Ebrahim Raisi accused supporters of Mr Rouhani of hundreds of acts of propaganda at voting booths, which are banned under electoral law.

Voting time was extended by five hours, until midnight, amid an unexpectedly high turnout of 70%.

The interior ministry said more than 40 million votes were cast.

Election officials said the extensions to voting hours were due to "requests" and the "enthusiastic participation of people".

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