Senior foreign officials, prominent figures, and regional resistance leaders offer congratulations to Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi, after early election results declared him as winner of Iran’s 2021 presidential election.

The short but intense presidential race in Iran came to an end on Saturday, with principlist flag bearer Ebrahim Raeisi announced as the next president.

Supporters of President-elect Raeisi take to the streets of Tehran and other cities to celebrate his election win.

Iran’s President-elect Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi lauds the “historic” and “passionate” turnout in the June 18 election, which he won overwhelmingly, vowing to make good on his campaign pledges and work to form an “active, revolutionary, and anti-corruption” administration.

Ayatollah Khamenei praises the “epic” turnout in the 2021 presidential election and says the Iranian nation is the “great winner” of the key vote.

Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi has won Iran’s 2021 presidential election by a landslide, according to the final results by the Interior Ministry.

Iranians went to the polls in large numbers on Friday to elect a new president for a four-year term. Long queues of voters were formed outside polling stations countrywide, with journalists capturing numerous scenes of the enthusiasm on Election Day in photos.