mr rouhani won 57% of the vote, easily beating his conservative challenger, ebrahim raisi. this election". kasra naji has this report. president hassan rouhani, the winner of the election by a wide margin. he had promised not to let the hardliners take the country backwards. he had promised to steer the country towards moderation. this is him in his first televised victory after his victory. translation: yesterday, you said no to all those who were inviting us to return to the past or remain stuck in that present. you have put iran back on the road to progress. almost all the votes have now been counted, more than a1 million of them. the iranian people have said a resounding no to the islamic hardliners by voting in droves for president rouhani, running for a second term in office, in a landslide. at the interior ministry in teheran, a sigh of relief that the election went peacefully. translation: mr rouhani won 23,5a9,616 votes, representing 57% of all votes. therefore he is elected the next iranian president. today, for many, a day of celebration, a big victory against th

to come out on the streets to vote foer rouhani and to come out on the streets to vote for mr rouhaniani promised moderation, promised to open up the political atmosphere, expand and extend individual and political freedoms, put the economy back on track. so his message was a lot more attractive than the other side's, which was traditional, hardline islamic and inward looking. what will this mean for the average iranians? a better and the sphere to live in within iran. because hardliners, socially, have made it very difficult for very people to engage, to operate, to work and to be in contact with each other. on the foreign policy side, it means that president rouhani has got a bigger mandate to engage with the outside world. to open up this sort of inward looking policy of the hardliners. so he's got this mandate to engage more than before. what is that going to result in, how will we see a change? better relations with the outside world is hopeful but the hardliners have not finished, they aren't going to go away, they're going to make life very difficult for going to make life very

in a triumphant message on twitter, mr rouhani said the iranian people were "the real winners". l adams has the details. in the end, it wasn't even close. the pragmatic hassan rouhani winning comfortably. for reform minded middle—class voters this was a significant victory. they came out in huge numbers, determined not to let hardliners take back the presidency. iranians know that their president is not a natural reform but they are weary of conflict and in the city is at least they are eager for change. mr rouhani seemed to represent their best hope. today he thanked them, addressed the international community. translation: today the world is well aware that the iranians nation has chosen the path of interaction with the world. a path that is distant from extremism and violence. we seek to live in peace and friendship with the world but is not ready to accept any disrespect or threat. his biggest achievement so far, a nuclear deal signed with world powers two years ago. today one of those involved in the diplomacy said that she welcomed the diplomacy said that she welcomed the w

mr rouhani had campaigned to continue his policies of greater engagement with the west and increased me is kasra naji. a clear cut result, was this expected? not really. this was better than expected for supporters of president rouhani. we didn't expect this. this is nearly 60%. it's a resounding victory. it's a land slide almost. this is in spite of the efforts by the hard liners to mobilise all their resources to bring out as many people as possible out to vote. it didn't work in the end. it's a victory for people, actualliover whelming number of people in iran, who support the moderation that president rouhani has been proposing. it's a revenge for them in a sense, against those people who exiled them, who killed them, who executed them, who jailed them, who executed them, who jailed them, who executed them, who jailed them, who drove them into exile. it's a defeat for those people. mr raisi, his rival, who was defeated had been targeting particularly poorer voters saying, look, had been targeting particularly poorervoters saying, look, i'm had been targeting particularly poorer v

mr. rouhani is mr. trump's very tough stance against iran, essentially he came in threatening to tear up the nuclear deal. now he's made moves that suggest he's going to maintain want nuclear deal. >> stewart: iran is involved in two proxy wars, one in yemen, one in syria, supporting bashar al-assad. will rouhani stay the course there? >> i think so. i think these are very important allies within the region. allies that are in the it comes neighborhood, in the region, it's their duty to protect their interests, and, of course, their interests include syria, iraq, and yemen. >> stewart: reporting from tehran, reza sayah, thank you so much. >> you're welcome. >> stewart: it may surprise you that 1.2 billion people-- 16% of the earth's population-- do not have access to electricity, according to the international energy agency. that includes 300 million people in india, 70% of the populations of cambodia, myanmar, north korea, and haiti, and much of sub-saharan africa. one country that has made great strid

mr rouhani seemed to represent their best hope.nal community. translation: today the world is well aware that the iranians nation has chosen the path of interaction with the world. a path which is distant from extremism and violence. our nation seeks to live in peace and friendship with the world but is not ready to accept any disrespect or threat. his biggest achievement to date, a nuclear deal signed with world powers two years ago. today one of those involved in the diplomacy said she welcomed the president's win. i know how committed he is to continue the full implementation of the agreement but also how committed he is to engaging with the international community. but iran's regional ambitions in the middle east still complicate this difficult relationship. iran remains a big supporter of syria's president assad, in neighbouring lebanon, iran supplies and sponsors the hezbollah militia, in yemn it supports houthi rebels, and its influence over the government in iraq remains enormous. —— yemen. the trump administration says ira

mr rouhani says foreign trade and investment are vital for future growth.l and shell. it has ordered new aircraft from airbus and boeing. renault and peugeot are back in around again to make cars. but mr rouhani's main conservative challenger says the rapprochement with the west is failing. 0ne rapprochement with the west is failing. one in eight iranians is unemployed. the wealth gap is widening. he wants to give iranians firms the lead in rebuilding the economy. and rather than dealing with the west, he wants more trade links with countries like china, russia. he also promises to create millions of newjobs for young iranians, but he has not yet said how. nandini ramakrishnan, global market strategist atjp morgan asset management is joining us again to discuss. the chief executive of barclays bank was sent an e—mail, which he believed was from the chairman, after that, he replied to it. he replied to a prankster. he said you have a sense of what is right, a sense of theatre, you mix humour with grit, thank you, my respect for your guile, one day i want to

mr. rouhani and mr. raisi, they look like two different irans. mr. rallies, they are quefshtive, religious people who believe in following the line of the revolution. he has said iran's economy needs to look inwards and not rely on foreign investment. while mr. rouhani's supporters want a much more liberal iran. we have to see who will prevail in the ballot box. >> ali live from tehran, iran. you know you covered iran extensively. ali laid out what's at stake rnally but this is a vote people around the world will be watching. >> they say rouhani is moderate but that's a relative term. relevant in moderate is somewhat conservative, everybody running for president is somewhat quefshtive quefs conservative in iran. when you saw -- when you secretary tillerson come into office he said we're going to draw a hard line on iran. now we have to sort of look at how it is they're going to respond with the nuclear deal going forward. so far they've struck -- they stuck by the nuclear deal. and that's why rouhani's election could be so important moving forward. l

mr. rouhani there. this video taken earlier., he wins the election in iran. >>> time to talk about weather. major flooding has taken a southern indiana city, forced water rescues, causing millions of dollars in damage. power out in many places. eric van dam has more. >> talking washington county in southern sections of indiana, population of about 6500 people. salem the name of the town. we have footage to show you what they had to deal with late friday and into the overnight hours. you can see how deep the water actually was. they declared a state of emergency within washington county. there were water rescues, swift water rescues of about 20 people. we're not aware of injuries or fatalities, good news, but a lot of businesses and homes flooded completely. local roads in and out of this small town impacted as well, impassable. indiana state police have been helping with the county efforts to clean up and help rescue some of the individuals there. check out this photo behind me. you can see the extent of the flooding there. comi

mr. rouhani got the nuclear deal size -- signed. that gave access to global markets.any iranians say we don't feel the benefits. it is the hard-line challenger who says we have to look back inside of iran. has failed toni deliver on the promised benefits of the nuclear deal and is ignoring the poor. without question it's the economy that's the biggest issue for all voters. they have 12 hours to decide which president is going to be able to fix this issue. venezuela, the number of people killed over the past two months of antigovernment protest has now surpassed the number of victims from the country's last political crisis three years ago. demonstratedurses to denounce the crisis that has left hospitals desperately undersupplied. protesters held a candlelight vigil to honor the 43 people killed in recent weeks. the latest victim was a 15-year-old boy. the president of brazil is facing calls for his impeachment after a report surfaced wednesday saying he had been recorded discussing payments of hush money to a corrupt politician. just one year after becoming president

mr. rouhani continues to face hostile neighbors, an untrusting west made clear today during president trump'speech before saudi arabia's king. >> all nations and of conscience must work together to isolate iran, deny it. funding for terrorism cannot do it. and pray for the day when the iranian people have the just and righteous government they so richly deserve. >> reporter: but such challenges may simply be out of the question for the islamic republic, potentially putting iran and america on a collision course again. ali arouzi, nbc news, teheran. >> in this country, the latest battle over illegal immigration is unfolding in texas. that's where a small border town with funding from a major hispanic advocacy group is suing the state over a new law. that state law bans so-called sanctuary cities but critics argue it's unconstitutional and will trigger racial profiling. gabe gutierrez reports from the stay with us-mexico border. >> reporter: on the rio grande, there's as american town on edge. el cenizo with 3800 residents, about 20% here illegally. >> this whole notion that all the problems th

translation: mr rouhani won 23,549,616 votes, representing 57% of all votes.t iranian president. today, for many, a day of celebration, a big victory against the islamic hardliners who had intimidated them, jailed them, executed them, exiled them, and drove them out of theirjobs. this evening, tens of thousands of them came out on the streets in many cities across iran, this in tehran, celebrating the day they defeated the hardliners. but islamic ha rdliners are not done yet. they will fight tooth and nail at every turn to frustrate president rouhani's efforts. kasra nasri, bbc news. brazil's embattled president says an investigation into his alleged obstruction ofjustice needs to be suspended. in a televised address, mr temer said the court had first to rule whether a secret recording made by a top brazilian businessman appearing to implicate him was valid as evidence. translation: today, we're making a request at the supreme court to suspend the proposed probe until the authenticity of the clandestine tape can be definitely proven. the scandal has engulfed b

mr rouhani had campaigned to continue his policies of greater engagement with the west and increasedid the result was not expected. we didn't expect this. nearly 60% and it's a resounding victory. a landslide almost. and it is in spite of the efforts of the hardliners to pull out all the stops and mobilise all the resources to bring out as many people as possible out to vote. it didn't work in the end. so it's a victory for people, an overwhelming number of people in iran, whose support the moderation that the president has been proposing. it's a revenge for them, in a sense, against people who exiled them, killed them, executed them all jailed them and drove them into exile. so, it's a defeat for those people. the rival who was defeated at being kind of targeting poorer voters saying he's the man to help revive the economy. in the past that has worked. why not this time? it didn't work. people thought that the promises may not work or other promises may not work or other promises that president rouhani is offering are more attractive. but ebrahim raisi had promised cash hand—outs to

the withdrawal of mr rouhani's ally, the vice president, had been expected.moderate, reformist camp. on monday the conservative mayor of tehran pulled out of the race. it's nicknamed plastic island — 38 million items have washed up on henderson island, a remote uninhabited british territory in the pacific. researchers see it as a symptom of the growing mass of waste. here's the bbc‘s victoria gill. 3,000 miles from the mainland, a remote paradise that has become a rubbish dump. its beaches are now more densely polluted with plastic than anywhere else on earth. henderson island is home only to south pacific sea birds and marine wildlife, and with no human inhabitants, this should be a pristine haven. but an international team of researchers who visited and studied the island calculated that 17 tons of our litter, washed or dumped into rivers and oceans, have floated here over decades. dr alex bond saw the devastation up close. we looked across the beaches in a variety of different plots, and counted the pieces of plastic on the surface, and down to about ten c

but mr rouhani said that while iranians wanted to live in peace and friendship, they would not acception. he also said friday's victory was a rejection of efforts to stop the reform process in iran. translation: yesterday, you said no to all those who were inviting us to return to the past or remain stuck in the present. you have put iran back on the path to progress. jeremy corbyn has restated labour's commitment to renewing trident, after his shadow foreign secretary suggested the party's support for the nuclear deterrent couldn't be guaranteed. mr corbyn insisted labour's manifesto commitment to trident was unequivocal. here's our political correspondent alex forsyth. cheering. 0n the campaign trail, the last thing he wanted was fresh questions about the uk's nuclear deterrent. but today, he had to clarify his party's stance. it came after a senior labour figure, when asked if the party would commit to keeping the trident missile system even after a defence review, said this. well, no, of course not. if you have a review, you have to have a review. the policy is, the labour party p

mr rouhani, a moderate who agreed a deal with world powers to limit iran's nuclear programme, has pledgedest, and increase civil liberties. the duke and duchess of cambridge are in berkshire this afternoon for the wedding of kate's sister pippa middleton. prince george was one of the pageboys while his sister charlotte was a bridesmaid. our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, is in englefield. yes, well there's nothing quite like a wedding, is there? there is nothing like a middleton family wedding. this one involves kate's youngest sister, paper who is getting married to james matthew —— matthews. he runs a hedge fund. this being a middleton family wedding there were a sprinkling of celebrities like roger federer and the royals. harry is not with his girlfriend, meghan markle, and the youngest of the royals, george and charlotte, where among the page boys and bridesmaids. george arrived with his sister, charlotte. he is three and she is too. with their mother, they were taken into the church to perform their respective roles. a few moments later, the bride herself arrived with her fa

mr. rouhani. at a rallyinggood support against outside interference and outside threats.ow the iranian population rallied around the nuclear program. when the country was severely under sanctions, that is with the nuclear program had support. he will is that probably squeeze through. tracey: you are staying with us. coming up, we are going to be digging into the imf accord with egypt and look at the ability to rein in inflation. this is bloomberg. ♪ you are watching "bloomberg fromts: middle east" live tracey: dubai. biggest oil's company is looking to list in two or three ford exchanges but there may be opposition in the u.k.. a trade body there said it will not list for saudi aramco. the group said to recover center should be the minimum free-floating level and aramco is no exception. airline, -- it is after a net loss widens more than 15% of a billion dollars last quarter. that is worsted than some analysts expected. turkish airline say domestic and international traffic fell during the period. tracey: he hinted he would buy the smaller rival the price was right. berli

at the moment, mr rouhani is the favourite to win and continue.or that? why is he still a very popular leader7|j the reasons for that? why is he still a very popular leader? i think he has been manoeuvring a lot on social freedom, which many he has been manoeuvring a lot on socialfreedom, which many people who voted for him last time think that he has managed to deliver on that he has managed to deliver on that and the nuclear deal as well, so many, four years ago, thought it was impossible to reach a nuclear deal and he has delivered on that. he has managed to create a percentile growth in his four years. so he has delivered some parts of it and those who are supporting him now think he needs another four years in order to keep to his promises. said the election is on friday, when do we find out who has one? probably on saturday afternoon. and bbc persia will be helping us every step of the way. as you may have guessed, women are forbidden in running in iran‘s presidential elections. not for lack of trying, though. bishoo, 137 women put their nam

mr. trump's rhetoric. today, rouhanitrasted the heavy iranian voter turnout with the lack of elections in mr. trump's host kingdom. >> ( translated ): he has gone to a country where i think the word election has no meaning for them. they have never seen a ballot box. i hope that the day will come that saudi arabia will adopt this path. >> yang: like the israelis, the saudis also welcome the shift in the u.s. approach to iran that the change in leaders brings. one reason for the opulent saudi welcome for mr. trump, which included a traditional sword dance to underscore the friendship saudi king salman extended to the president. for the pbs newshour, i'm john yang. >> woodruff: i spoke earlier to tamara keith of npr from jerusalem. i began by asking if president in israel that he got in saudi arabia. >> there was another big red carpet at the airport just like in saudi arabia. there was a marching band and then tonight there were fireworks over the old city. though it's not clear that those were really for president trump

mr. rouhani sending the right signal.ou will all recall and viewers will recall he was up against a hard liner in the form of ebrahim raisi. if that leader had gotten in, we may have seen a harder line from iran which may have brought a harder line from mr. trump's administration. when i mentioned the u.s. and concerns about sanctions, he hopes u.s. iocs will be able to invest in iran at some stage. >> steve sedgwick for us at the opec meeting. >>> let's switch to politics. the cbo is out with its scoring of the healthcare bill and the analysis could make the fight to get the bill passed more come p complicated. >> the cbo found there were some improvements in the number of people insured and the premiums that healthier participants would pay, but it comes at a cost. it would insure 23 million people than the affordability care contact, and premiums would fall 23% if you are young and healthy, but rise 800% for older folks. the report gives new fuel to democrats critical of the plan, and despite a win as hailed by paul ry

mr. rouhani's second term.ny major refresh man between the two of them. >> from your perspective on the ground there and the leadership, how are they viewing trump's visit to saudi arabia? this is the firn foreign country he's visited in his presidency. that's a pretty powerful symbol, isn't it, to iran? >>eporter: i think it sends a very clear msage to iran. it's trump's first foreign visit to saudi arabia and israel, two arch enemies of iran. he shows he has sided with iran's enemies and is going to make things difficult. trump's visit to saudi arabias hag gone down like a lead balloon here. there's a sense of foreboding he's made a $110 billion arms deal with the saudi arabians. iranians see that as an aggressive move towards iran. they don't see any other reason for them to be selling so many arms to saudi arabia when saudi arabia is obviously very aggressive towards iran. the leadership here has tried to be a little more soft and saying we don't have any problem with saudi arabia. it's a problem they have

mr. rouhani, which is the moderating influence in iran, which is the donald trump team said is on notice,point. what do you make of those dynamics? >> i think nayyera is absolutely right. the reality is that these foreign countries, they have intelligence services that read the news just like ours do. and they're wondering, is donald trump going to stay in power? is he going to make it past 2020. as such, they're going to formulate a source of action that's going to be neutral. they're looking for short-term appeasement. how "the new york times" has a plan to use small words and appeal to his ego by complimenting him on his victory in the election. i think if they're smart, they're just going to kind of do something that's sort of middle of the road, let him get his little victory lap here and wait to see what happens next. i don't think he's in a position to really trade. not to mention what just happened with russia, i'm betting these countries are not big fans of russia, turkey aside. they're probably thinking, let's just make this a grip and grin and let's not invest too much, because

mr. president rouhani can secure a second term. vonnie: live from new york, i am vonnie quinn.ark: in london, i am mark barton. time for the bloomberg business flash. looking at some of the biggest business stories in the news. warned ireland to step up its efforts and collect more than $14 billion in back taxes from apple or it could end up in court. european regulators ruled that ireland granted apple and unfair deal that saved the company billions of dollars. in taxes. ireland says it is trying to recover the money. both apple and ireland have appealed the ruling. bmw hopes to cash in on china's growing luxury car market. the automaker is expanding its factory. raising capacity from 300,000 cars per year to 450,000. tim w expects the five series sedan to remain its best selling car in china. this portrait sold for $110.5 million. that is the most ever for an american artist. 10 other works have broken the $100 million market. the buyer was a japanese online retail magnet. the seller was a family who bought it in 1984 for $19,000. that is the latest bloomberg business flash.

mr. rouhani, which is the moderating influence in iran, which is the donald trump team said is on notice,nk nayyera is absolutely right. the reality is that these foreign countries, they have intelligence services that read the news just like ours do. and they're wondering, is donald trump going to stay in power? is he going to make it past 2020. as such, they're going to fo formulate a source of action that's going to be neutral. they're looking for short-term appeasement. how "the new york times" has a plan to use small words and appeal to his ego by complimenting him on his victory in the election. i think if they're smart, they're just going to kind of do something that's sort of middle of the road, let him get his little victory lap here and wait to see what happens next. i don't think he's in a position to really trade. not to mention what just happened with russia, i'm betting these countries are not big fans of russia, turkey aside. they're probably thinking, let's just make this a grip and grin and let's not invest too much, because we don't know how long this guy is going to be

. >> arms don't make a country strong, said rouhani, the ballot box does. >> reporter: and as mr. trump was visiting the region, 45 million iranians voted. o that's an option, he added, the people of saudi arabia certainly don't have. there is one faction here in iran that is celebrating president trump's anti-iranian broadside, the hard-liners including the powerful tivolutionary guards who know very well that closer ties with the u.s. would undermine their control. >> as for iran's arms program, scott, and specifically the development of a ballistic ntssile, something washington tos condemned, the president told us if we need to test it, in'll test it. we're not going to wait for washington's permission. >> pelley: liz palmer for us in tehran tonight, liz, thank you. dvesident trump's first national security advisor fired for lying to the vice president about his russian contacts once said that he had a story to tell. and michael flynn said he would n.ll it to congress in exchange wer immunity from prosecution. we didn't get that. and so today he sent word he is invoking his rig

arms don't make a country strong, said rouhani, the ballot box does. and as mr. region, 45 million iranians were voting. that's an option the people of saudi arabia certainly don't have. there is one faction here in iran that celebrated president trump's anti-iranian broadside, the hardliners, including the revolutionary guard, who know that he would undermine their control. as for iran's arms program, scott, and specifically the development of a ballistic missile, something that washington has condemned, the president says if we need to test it, we'll test it. we're not going to wait for washington's permission. >> liz palmer, thank you. we're back in a moment. >>> president trump's first national security adviser, fired for lying to the vice president about his russian contacts, once said that he had a story to tell. michael flynn said he would tell it to congress in exchange for immunity from prosecution. he didn't get that. so today he sent word he is invoking his right against self-incrimination. here's justice correspondent jeff pegues. >> reporter: in a si

>> reporter: arms don't make the country strong, said rouhani, the ballot box does. and as mr.visiting the region, 45 million iranians were voting. he added the people of saudi arabia don't have that. there is one faction here in iran that's celebrating president trump's anti-iranian broadside, the hardliners, including the powerful revolutionary guards who know very well that closer ties with the u.s. would undermine their control. as for iran's arms program, scott, and specifically the development of a ballistic missile, something washington has condemned, the president told us. if we need to test it, we'll test it. we're not going to wait for washington's permission. >>> and closer to home, former cia director john brennan will testify on capitol hill today in the ongoing investigation of the kremlin's election tampering, meanwhile, former national security adviser michael flynn says he has no intention to providing documents. >> reporter: in a six-page letter, michael flynn's legal team says he is the target of outrageous allegations that feed the escalating public frenzy a

mr. jubeir can i get your reaction to the election of hassan rouhani? >> well, in terms of whether i would ever pick the phone up, i've never shut off the phone to anyone that wants to talk or have a productive conversation. at this point, i have no plans to call my counterpart in iran, although in all likelihood we will talk at the right time. in terms of the situation in yemen, our emphasis is on finding a political solution. we view it as a tragic situation, obviously millions of people on the brink of starvation because of the impact of the fighting, but we also think it's important to put the pressure on parties to come to the table and talk. so i want to make it clear that we have efforts under way on both fronts. i think the rebels in yemen and those that have taken over the government in yemen, have overthrown the government, have to know they cannot sustain this fight, they will to know they will never prevail militarily, but they're only going to feel that within they feel the resistance militarily. so it's important we keep the pressure on th

mr. trump blamed iran for what's going on. his tough speech came the day after hue san rouhani's re-election. elizabeth palmer. >> reporter: there's been such a mood of joy and optimism ever since rouhani's victory on friday. but that mood was shattered when trump called for iran's isolation. president rouhani won the election because he promised his base ta he would pursue an agenda of engagement with the world. moderate iranians who suffered under sanctions for more than a business hope thad western businesses would invest here and they would be able to travel abroad without international pariahs. president trump's speech sends a strong signal that america will do whatever it can to block that. there is a faction inside iran's complex power structure that may be sell braiding the hard liners including iran's powerful revolutionary guards and their followers. closer ties with the west would have threatened their influence and control. an isolated iran is exactly what they want. they're looking for a shred of hope to cling to will have noticed a press conference given in saudi arabia by secre

trip as us president, mr trump was awarded the top civilian honour in the kingdom before signing a deal worth hundreds of billions of dollars — including arms sales. hassan rouhanias been re—elected as the president of iran. the moderate easily beat his more conservative challenger. he said iranians had chosen a path of greater engagement with the world. and pippa middleton, the sister of the duchess of cambridge, has married in a traditional english country wedding. she married the financier james matthews. the ceremony was attended by several members of the royal family and media from all over the world. now on bbc news it's time for the travel show. coming up this week on the travel show. we head to israel to meet a theatre group with a difference. the concept of every wardrobe is to take the disability and create an ability from it. and this is the life experience of the people who work here. we are on the night patrol at london zoo. this month's global guide features a stunning light show in sydney. and i leave the airport for a couple of hours to take a high—speed stop—over tour of rome. that is a lot of stuff to see in a short time. yeah! can we do it? ye

rouhani there on the left fending off a challenge from hard-line populist candidate. now the president's supporters have taken to the street to celebrate which comes as the president mrsdi arabia. the unplanned rallies brought into such a standstill that we are told many drivers left their cars in the middle of major roads! john has more the election from jerusalem. >> rouhani one his reelection with 57 percent of the vote and an election that drew 7/10 voters to the polls with 70 percent of the countries 56 million voters. it was a big turnout on a big day, a big election with big challenges ahead for the iranian president. rouhani called this a victory for freedom and independence. you can see he is a more liberal leaders of victory is really victory for the moderates and those who are more freedom within the country, better relations with the rest of the world. but he also has any challenges ahead which is reducing the countries high unemployment rate and dealing with iran's hard-line elements. >> today the world knows with the rainy nation is a civilized with international community. our nation wants to lead in friendship. >> other world leaders are certainly wear

and the question now is whether rouhani can actually deliver the economic improvements that he's been talking about and a loosening of the system, because as mr. erdbrink said, he really made some interesting criticisms of the iranian system while he was running for president. criticisms of the revolutionary guard, for example. so the question now is what really can he deliver in his second term as president. >> again, we're watching and listening to king salman, the saudi leader there, who's giving a few minutes of comments before president trump speaks. when president trump speaks, we're going to go right to him. robin wright, as you -- again, i'm struck just by the vision here of the saudi leader, the american leader there, seated in what look like thrones. of course the saudi people are used to this kind of pomp and circumstance, but the separation between this scene and what are the number one concerns of people, whether it's the saudi street or the iranian street or elsewhere in the region following all the upheaval of the arab spring. >> well, the thing that is most striking is that you have this opulent center in the kingdom versus wh

mr. raisi? >> clearly. while the supreme leader has stepped just shy of endorsing raisi, has essentially created his candidacy. three months ago talk to any iranian, rouhani was odds-on favorite. raisi has been promoted by khomeini. even before that, raisi probably would have come third in a first round. he's a constructive candidate, representing as ali just said, representing a more conservative view, a more inward looking view of iran. iran is not naturally an inward looking country. the experience of multiple layers of sanctions over decades has tended to foster a strong suspicious tendency among the population. so raisi's message is not without strong populist support. i think raisi again, the turnout is crucial here. if we look at 70% plus, which is what rouhani's people think they will get that will be -- that would favor the president. much less than that and we might be seeing a more conservative outcome. of course you look back to 2009, where the apparent favorite mr. mousavi lost in a landslide. that led to six or eight weeks of serious riots and protests, mr. mousavi is still under house arrest. >> let me pick up on that point. is there a risk