here in teheran more than 5 million people voted, twice that of 2013.though the authorities extended voting by five hours. there were indications that the hardliners had pulled all the stops and mobilised all their resources to oust president rouhani. that spurred the supporters of president rouhani to come out in big numbers. iranians have given president rouhani a big mandate for change, greater freedoms at home and engagement with the outside world. but islamic ha rdliners are not done yet. they will fight tooth and nail at every turn to frustrate his efforts. kasra nasri, bbc news. joining me now is sanam vakil, who's associate fellow of the middle east programme at the international affairs think—tank, chatham house. thank you very much forjoining me, doctor. it's been reported that it was iran's the class that handed mr rouhani his victory, iran's middle class. what was he offering that appealed? you wanted increased integration with the global committee, increased investment and a more global iran, more freedom, he went all out promising a much m

is this causing worry in teheran? is the more natural equilibrium in the triangle. for three and a half decades, us policy has involved cooperation with saudi arabia and containment or confrontation with iran. the 0bama administration tried a different approach, to engage with iran and bring about reproach meant, which was ultimately not successful. the trump administration in many ways is going back towards a traditional american policy in the gulf. what is likely to be the reaction of iran and in particular the revolutionary guard seem to be the force leading policy across the region? if, as we expect, there are more sanctions against iran, and possibly other actions, how would iran respond? as you know, iranian foreign policy in the middle east has been remarkably consistent for the last 40 years, essentially three pillars, hostility towards the us, the rejection of israel's existence and rivalry with saudi arabia which has intensified. i don't think that's going to change. trump's policies will change the strategi

do you think this is causing worry in teheran? reset in some ways is the more natural equilibrium in the iran/ us/ saudi triangle. us policy in the persian gulf was cooperation with saudi arabia and containment/ confrontation with iran. the obama administration tried to pursue a different approach, to engage with iran and bring about approach meant, which result of the not successful. the trump administration is going back to traditional us policy toward the persian gulf. what is likely to be the reaction of iran and the iranians revolutionary guard, who seem to be the fourth leading policy across the region? if there are more sanctions against iran, and possibly other actions, how would iran respond? iranian foreign policy in the middle east has been consistent for the last four decades. hostility towards the united states, the rejection of the existence of israel and rivalry with saudi arabia which is really intensified, those are the three pillars. i don't think that will change, trump's policies will not change, trump's polici

as reported from teheran, the iranian president's continued popularity will depend on whether he caniver economic and social reforms. >> reporter: in a bitter election campaign, the iranian people chose moderation over conservatism. moderate ruani beat hard liner by nearly eight million votes. in his victory peach, rouhani said. they have chosen the path that the different from extremism and violence. the president rouhani have poured into the streets to celebrate his victory. their man got another four years and the sense of excitement and relief is palpable. but in iran euphoria can quickly turno int disappointment and dissolution. if he cannot translate campaign promises into reality such as creating jobs to boost the economy, as well as freeing political prisoners, loosening social restrictions and getting rid of nuclear and non-nuclear sanctions. >> people don't forget what he promised. so if things don't work out at the end of the four years, that's going to be the end of the reformist camp. >> reporter: besides domestic expectations, mr. rouhani continues to face hostile neigh

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peel backs the curtain a little bit on this poll and on these elections here in teheran.aware of how they are. you can see this entire area. this polling station is full of people and many of them have been waiting for i talked to someone waiting over three hours and it's the high 90s here. i'm slowly turning into a lobster so people really have been waiting for a very very long time to cast their ballot because they understand how important this election is going to be and earlier today i was on hand with a supreme leader of this country. he himself said also he wants every iranian to come and turn out because he thinks it's important for the stability of the country but of course it's also important for the direction of this country. the moderate president, he wants to continue on a course of engaging with the west. engaging with america where as his hard line opponent wants more confrontation with the u.s. and the west and doesn't juan to engage on a economic sphere as well. many people saying look this is about the direction this country is going to take and for us fr

what do you think, is this causing worry in teheran?d a different approach to engage with iran which was ultimately not successful. the trump administration is going back toa trump administration is going back to a traditional us policy to the persian gulf. what is likely to be the reaction of iran and the revolutionary guards who seem to be the fourth leading policy across the region, if there are more sanctions against iran, how would iran respond? iranian foreign policy in the middle east has been consistent, there have been three pillars, hostility towards the united states, rejection of ismail, and rivalry with saudi arabia. i don't think that will change president trump's policies. but if there is more confrontation between america and iran in the middle east whether that is in syria oryemen, it middle east whether that is in syria or yemen, it could middle east whether that is in syria oryemen, it could indirectly middle east whether that is in syria or yemen, it could indirectly help to unravel the nuclear deal which would be a

maybe migrate to the persian gulf to dubai and teheran.teresting involving politics and religion. we'll go there in this hour. good morning, everyone. this is bloop bloomberg. ♪ ♪ >> this is bloomberg "surveillance." i'm taylor riggs. burberry posted earnings that beat estimates. cost cutting and improving in china boosted their performance. they were helped by the weakness in the pound which makes its products cheaper overseas. a disappointing forecast from the maker of equipment that runs the internet. cysco may fall 6% from a year ago. another hardware provider faces challenges from cheaper software ased networking. chairman paul laettner said the bank is close to an agreement with the x managers. he didn't mention any names. in january they completed a settlement with the u.s. over mortgage backs securities. tom? guy? guy: on the eve of presidential elections in iran, president trump has imposed sanctions against the country. yousef joins us now. tell me what are the long-term and short-term implications of this election. >> again, in

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what do you think, is this causing worry in teheran?relationship, it provides a more natural equilibria in the triangle and for decades we have seen co—operation with saudi and containment of confrontation with iran. the 0bama demonstration pursued a different approach to engage with iran, which was ultimately not successful. the trump administration is going back to a traditional us policy to the persian gulf. what is likely to be the reaction of iran and the revolutionary guards who seem to be the force leading iranian policy across the region, if there are more sanctions against iran, how would iran respond? iranian foreign policy in the middle east has been remarkably consistent for the last four decades, there have been three pillars, hostility towards the united states, rejection of israel's existence, and rivalry with saudi arabia, which has intensified. i don't think that will change president trump's policies. but if there is more confrontation between america and iran in the middle east, whether that is in syria or yemen, it c

people are turning up, long queues everywhere, not just turning up, long queues everywhere, notjust in teheranor the high turnout is interesting, this election is a fight between the hardliners and the moderates. and the hardliners, there were indications they were mobilising all their forces, indications they were mobilising all theirforces, bringing as many people as they could. so that spy at the other side, the moderates, to bring their supporters out in big numbers. so it is a fight between the two sides and it is a question of numbers and we will see. what is the prediction, are people going as far as to say as... do they have exit polls? there are no reliable exit polls? there are no reliable exit polls. but generally speaking high turnout is, favours moderates. it always does. the other side, the hardliners, just don't have the numbers. so we are expecting, the way things are going, that we will probably see a second term of the current president. and has he laid out if he wins that term what further steps he would like to take in terms of both domestic and foreign policy? he has promi

reports: he has been attracting the largest and noisiest crowds, this is the stadium just outside teherane to eight yea rs of past. this is a reference to eight years of the former president who president rouhani replaced four yea rs president rouhani replaced four years ago. here he says he has kept its promises. president rouhani said his hard opponents in the election are following in the footsteps of former president. many here blame the hardliners were having brought the hardliners were having brought the country under paralysing international sanctions. isolating iran and pushing the country to the verge of a war with big world powers. to his supporters, president rouhani has saved the country from all of that. we are halfway through, we will not go back, says this placard. translation: the past four years we re translation: the past four years were too prepared the ground for action on his promises. we hope that president rouhani could have another four years so that he could fulfil all his promises. demanding the hardliners release the leaders of the reform movement under house ar

that sends a message to teheran, that this is a different administration and we'll handle things differently. >> what do the iranians do with this information? they have watched the united states bomb syria whom they were protecting and spending mono. and seen the president stopped in riyad and now if israel. >> right now iranians are watching closely. half an hour ago president rouhani delivered a speech and said the ball is in washington's court and open to dilog, but right now we are watching and seeing how president trump will be handling his administration and who he will be placing in what positions and for now we'll watch. that is an interesting statement come from this iranians. >> the iranians used to be provocative simply sitting back and watching a bit, that is meaningful. we heard from prime minister netanyahu he said about the iran deal. repeal and replace. president trump in the campaign talked about ripping up the iran nuclear deal and has a slightly different view of it? >> very much so. that is candidate trump versus president trump is different. he's said for a while that h

meantime, teheran's malign activities continue. for example, iran provides arms, financing and training and manages as many as 10,000 iraqi, afghan and pakistani shia fighters in syria to support the assad regime. iran has sent hundreds of its own forces to include members of the islamic revolutionary guard corps, the irrgc and forces to syria as advisers. the re-election on 19 may of rowhani suggest the populace support it is jcpoa. shortly before the election, rowhani criticized the ircg -- excuse me. ircg for attempting to sabotage the deal and called for iran to restart interaction with the world and not be under, quote, the evil shadow of war. in yemen, fighting will almost certainly persist in 2017 between hue think aligned forces, trained by iran and the yemeni government, backed by assadi led coalition. neither side has been able to achieve decisive results through military force. al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, aqap an isis branch in yemen exploited the conflict in yemen and the collapse of government authority to gain

saudi arabia was not happy with the fact that the way president obama was embarking on a deal with teheran on the whole, you know, nuclear deal. donald trump taking it completely opposite view. so, david, with donald trump also being able to celebrate this more than $100 billion now deal, economic deal, military deal, how does that color and dictate the reception of these muslim nations when they meet with donald trump tomorrow? >> again, i agree with the distinction you made. the leaders will welcome this arm's deal, but the average public will not. the obama administration sold a huge amount of weaponry to saudi arabia, roughly 60 billion, the saudis used american f-15s then to drop bombs on civilians in yemen as part of that civil war. at least 2,000 yemenese civilians have died by saudi air strikes using weapons that were sold to them by the united states. that's very unpopular with the public in the region. so this big arms deal doesn't solve the problem of, you know, islamic terrorism of isis. it does not. it's a good headline. it's american jobs, but this is not a long-term strategy

of wonder how that change tone in teheran it could change that investment case.r sense of uncertainty in the region. i do think the saudi's, particularly the deputy count prince, will push hard on continued die certification -- diverse location and foreign investment. i think some of that investment will take place. i think on the iranian side, if the u.s. starts giving a lot of money to or selling a lot of arms to saudi arabia, it does tend to cause apprehension in iran about what the americans are doing. calling into question this administration and others have deal has put aar chill to a degree on some of the foreign investment that rwanda a expressed did -- expected it. it would've asked back -- strengthened his position. u.s.ou -- the role the plays does affect both sides. guy: what they tell you is they can get ready much every second line. the critical one is the banking. it's the financing surrounding all of this. opec goinge to be forward? will the banks sit back and wait? getting stuff done in iran is pretty much impossible. robert: that is very accurat