Moderate Declared Winner of Iranian Presidential Election

Will succeed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Hassan Rouhani, a moderate Shiite cleric known as one of Iran's leading foreign policy experts, has won the election to succeed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as the Islamic Republic's next president, Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar announced Saturday evening.

With results from all the precinct in, Rouhani had won 50.7 percent of the votes, avoiding a runoff, Mohammad-Najjar said.

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[Sevo]

Is a 'moderate Iranian' sorta like a 'centrist SF politico'?

[RightNut]

should really read something like "a more moderate Shiite cleric"

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"Less psycho Shiite cleric."

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