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When Iran's Supreme Leader has single vote

Hassan Rohani won a majority of votes in an election which was held completely democratic, at least in voting and counting processes. But, time will tell how he would deal with Ahmadinejad's legacy, including 32 percent inflation, 40 percent devaluation of the rial, 60 percent fall in oil exports, and 2 percent economic contraction just over the past year, as well as 3 million jobless, 4 rounds of sanctions by the UN and banking sanctions of the West, $600 billion of government debt to the banking system, and 40 percent closed down industrial units over the past eight years. He will rely on 72 percent people who participated in the election. On Friday, Iran's Supreme Leader said that he has just a single vote. He called electoral officials to observe transparency and faithfulness, which came true, so that none of the candidates cast a minor doubt over the results. The election's result was a lesson, not only for principlists, but also for the entire world, and that w