Iranian election celebrations - in pictures
Thousands
of Iranians took to the street to celebrate after the moderate cleric
Hassan Rouhani sensationally secured enough votes to succeed Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad as Iran's president. Iran's interior minister, Mostafa
Mohammad-Najjar, announced on state television on Saturday night that
72% of 50 million eligible Iranians had voted, and Rouhani had won just
over the 50% of the vote required to avoid a runoff..(Times)
