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AMY GOODMAN: In what’s being hailed as a victory for reform and moderation, the cleric Hassan Rouhani has won Iran’s presidential election. Some 72 percent of the country’s 50 million eligible voters cast ballots to determine who would replace conservative hardliner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Rouhani secured just over 50 percent of the vote. His nearest rival was conservative Tehran Mayor Mohammad Qalibaf, a long way behind with less than 16 percent.