The head of the conservative judiciary, Lai Xi, who is believed to have won by a big score, has yet to officially announce the winner.

Three-quarters of the candidates in the Iranian presidential election had already admitted defeat hours before the official results were announced by the Ministry of the Interior.

Early reports said that Ebrahim Raisi, the head of the conservative judiciary, won by a larger margin. Raisi, a disciple of Supreme Leader Ali Hosseini Khamenei (Ali Hosseini Khamenei), was widely regarded as the front-runner in Friday’s election, but the turnout was low and many candidates were disqualified.

The moderate candidate Abdolnaser Hemmati congratulated Raisi on winning the election. According to official media reports on Saturday, the former central bank governor Hemati said in a letter: “I hope that under the leadership of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, your government can bring to our country Comfortable and prosperous.”

Raisi did not immediately acknowledge Hemmati’s concession, nor did he acknowledge the concession of former Revolutionary Guard commander Mohsen Rezaei, who also admitted the loss.

Another conservative candidate, Amir Hossein Ghazizadeh Hashemi, expressly congratulated Raisi.

“I congratulate… Raisi, elected by the country,” Iranian media quoted Hashmi as saying.

The outgoing President Hassan Rouhani congratulated the “People’s Election” in a televised speech. [president]”, no roll call.

“Because it has not been officially announced, I will postpone the formal congratulations. But it is clear who got the votes,” Rouhani said.

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