Congratulations pour in on Raeisi’s victory in presidential election

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.

Raeisi received more than 17.8 million out of the 28.6 million votes that have been counted, the Interior Ministry said, based on preliminary results released in Saturday.

The ministry’s election headquarters is expected to announce the final results shortly.

Shortly after the early results were out, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei and other senior Iranian officials thanked the Iranian nation for taking part en masse in the election and extended felicitations to the president-elect.

Putin congratulates Raeisi

Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin became the first foreign leader to offer congratulations to Raeisi on his victory over three other rivals.

In a message, Putin hailed friendship and good neighborly ties between Iran and Russia, expressing hope that the two nations would keep moving toward closer constructive cooperation on issues of bilateral and international significance.

Syria’s Assad hails Iranians for resisting foreign plots, pressure

For his part, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad congratulated Raeisi on behalf of his nation for “winning the trust” of Iranians and wished for Iran’s continued progress and welfare.

“I wish for your country to move forward on the path of progress and bring about prosperity in all fields for the people, who have withstood all the conspiracies and pressures mean to break their will,” he said.

“I take this opportunity to express my eagerness for closer cooperation in promoting bilateral relations between the Syrian Arab Republic and the Islamic Republic and pursuing common interests,” Assad said.

Iraqi leaders send congratulatory notes

Meanwhile, Iraqi President Barham Salih and Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi felicitated Raeisi on securing an overwhelming majority of the votes cast in the Friday election to become Iran’s new president.

The secretary-general of Iraq’s al-Nujaba resistance movement, Sheikh Akram al-​Ka’abi, send a similar note to the president-elect, expressing hope for closer ties between the two neighboring nations during Raeisi’s term.

Pakistan PM urges closer Iran ties under Raeisi

Pakistan’s Prime Minister also took to Twitter to react to Raeisi’s “landmark” election win, saying he hoped the two nations would broaden neighborly ties under Raeisi.

“Congratulations to Excellency brother Ibrahim Raisi @raisi_com on his landmark victory in the Islamic Republic of Iran’s 13th Presidential elections. Look forward to working with him for further strengthening of our fraternal ties and for regional peace, progress and prosperity,” read his tweet.

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