Iraq’s Nujaba Chief Congratulates Iran’s President-Elect
In a message on Saturday, Hojat-ol-Islam Akram al-Kaabi also congratulated the Leader of the Islamic Revolution and the people of Iran on the victory of Hojat-ol-Islam Raeisi in the election.
According to the Communication and Media Affairs Centre of al-Nujaba in Iran, Sheikh al-Kaabi said, “The Iranian people have once again demonstrated their commitment to the government and leadership of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution and with enthusiastic participation at home and abroad, they have turned challenges into electoral epics.”
He expressed hope that the relations between the two nations of Iran and Iraq will be strengthened in all fields due to the ideological, cultural and geographical commonalities.
Iran held its 13th presidential election on Friday. In parallel, the participants also voted in City and Village Councils mid-term Assembly of Experts and parliamentary elections.
According to the preliminary results, with around 90% of the votes counted, Seyed Ebrahim Raeisi garnered over 17.8 million votes, followed by Mohsen Rezaei who secured 3.3 million. Nasser Hemmati secured 2.4 million votes, and Amir-Hossein Ghazizadeh-Hashemi won almost one million votes.
