Hassan Rouhani
Millions crowded polling stations on Friday to vote in the first post-nuclear deal election.
Voting hours were extended several times due to high voter turnout.
No matter who wins, it won't affect who really holds control in the country.
In August, these Iranians told us what they thought about the agreement. Now, they tell us what they think about its implementation.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
During a brief interregnum between exalted expectations and dreary realism, let’s celebrate once again that rarest of things: good news in a perilous world.
Such comments are not likely to end the diplomatic standoff between Iran and Saudi Arabia.
France countered with an offer of breakfast, but that was "too cheap."
Rouhani said hard-liners "misuse" remarks by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on the possible spread of U.S. influence in Iran as an excuse for the detentions.