Iran’s President-elect Raeisi: I’ll form an active, anti-corruption administration

Iran’s President-elect Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi has lauded 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.

“Yesterday, the world once again witnessed a great epic created by an upstanding nation, which opened a new page in modern history before itself with faith, insight, and solidarity,” Raeisi said in a statement on Saturday evening, hours after he was declared winner of Iran’s 13th presidential election.