The Iranian government will fix the economy and reconstruct relations with the world, Hassan Rouhani, Iran’s new president, has said in his first press conference since winning elections over the weekend. Addressing the media in Tehran on Monday, he said his government will not forget their election promises.“We need to be honest, have clean hearts… and should learn from the mistakes from the past in order to save the country,” he said.
Rouhani won Iran’s Friday’s presidential election with more than 18 million of the votes. The country’s Interior minister, Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar, said 72 percent of the 50 million eligible Iranians had turned out to vote, and that Rouhani had secured just over the 50 percent of the vote needed to avoid a run-off. His closest rival, Tehran mayor Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, garnered six million votes. Though an establishment figure, Rouhani was known for his nuanced, conciliatory approach when he was Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator.
He inherits an economy that has been badly hit by EU and US sanctions targeting the key oil and banking sectors because of its nuclear programme.
In 2003, when Rouhani was under former President Mohammad Khatami, the republic agreed to suspend its controversial enrichment of uranium.
That programme resumed two years later after Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was first elected as the president.
it is better to build good and frindly relations with world but mr rohani must keep in mind the bad thinkings of non muslims especially jews against muslims. So that ,he should not stop or post pond nuclear programme . It must be carry on i think it will be proved good for muslim world. In the other hand, saudi arabia must take it in positive sence. Muslims should apply policy of unity and did not divid themselvs in different shapes like shiya , sunni etc.
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