TEHRAN, June 25 - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani congratulated Recep Tayyip Erdogan over his reelection as Turkish president.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - Rouhani in his message, stressed bilateral friendly and brotherly ties between Iran and Turkey would be expanded further.
He expressed hope that mutual close and responsible cooperation between the two sides in regional developments and Islamic World could pave the way for settlement of problems and boosting stability and peace in the region.
Erdogan and his ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party have claimed victory in Turkey's presidential and parliamentary elections.
"Our people have given us the job of carrying out the presidential and executive posts," said Erdogan in a speech from Istanbul on early on Monday.
"I hope nobody will try to cast a shadow on the results and harm democracy in order to hide their own failure," he added.
The country's main opposition party initially said that Erdogan would fall well short of a first-round victory, but after the results were announced that it would carry on its democratic struggle "whatever the result."
With 99 percent of votes counted in the presidential race, Erdogan had 52.5 percent.
Polls across the country of 81 million people officially closed at 5 pm (1400 GMT). There are no exit polls in Turkey and initial results are expected during the early evening.
Votes were cast in 180,065 polling places across the country.