Rowhani leads in Iran poll
Iran’s reformist-backed presidential candidate surged to a wide lead in early vote counting today, a top official said, suggesting that a flurry of late support could have swayed a race which once appeared solidly in the hands of Tehran’s ruling clerics.
The strong margin for former nuclear negotiator Hasan Rowhani may be enough to give him an outright victory and avoid a two-person run-off next Friday.
