Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has won re-election with 23.5 million votes, the Interior Ministry reports.
Some 40 million people turned out to cast their ballot. That's around 70 percent of the electorate.
The campaign was hard-fought, particularly between moderate Rouhani and his closest contender, hardliner Ebrahim Raisi.
During a live television debate ahead of the ballot, they traded accusations of graft and brutality. Both deny the charges.
Raisi had been pegged to succeed Supreme Lea…
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