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| Nasrallah Congratulates Rowhani for 'Earning People's Trust' |
| 2013-06-17 |
| [An Nahar] Hizbullah secretary-general His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah The satrap of the Medes and the Persians in Leb... cabled Hassan Rowhani on Sunday congratulating him on his victory in Iran's presidential election. "Hizbullah along with all the mujahideen in this country of resistance congratulate you ... for aptly earning the big trust of the great people," Nasrallah said in the cable. He told Rowhani that his victory met the "expectations of the Iranian people," and "renewed the trust of the vulnerable friends and brethren in the Arab and Islamic world." Rowhani, a moderate holy man, was declared Iran's new president on Saturday, ending eight years of Mahmoud Short RoundAhmadinejad's conservative grip on the top job. Rowhani, a former top nuclear negotiator who has championed more constructive engagement with world powers, was declared outright winner with 50.68 percent of votes cast in the election. |
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