TEHRAN, June 19 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Interior Ministry said Ebrahim Raisi has won the country's presidential election.
The principlist candidate won Friday's presidential race by securing over 60 percent of votes, said the Interior Ministry.
Iranian Deputy Interior Minister Jamal Orf told a press conference that 28.6 million Iranians out of some 59 million eligible voters participated in the election.
Ebrahim Raisi, currently Iran's Judiciary Chief, had been widely seen as the front-runner according to different polls.
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