IRAN-ELECTION-NEW PRESIDENT-HASSAN-FILE

(130615) — TEHRAN, June 15, 2013 (Xinhua) — File photo taken on May 7, 2013 shows Iran’s former nuclear negotiator Hassan Rouhani reacting at a press conference after registration for Iran’s 11th presidential election at the interior ministry in Tehran. Hassan Rouhani defeated his rival conservative candidates in Iran’s 2013 presidential election Saturday by gaining 18,613,329 votes out of counted votes of 36,704,156, accounting for 50.7 percent of all the votes, with a turnout rate of 72.2 percent. (Xinhua/Ahmad Halabisaz)