http://twitter.com/#!/abasinfo/status/345955358285635586
The streets of Tehran are reportedly packed with crowds after the announcement of Hasan Rowhani’s victory in the Iranian presidential election.
http://twitter.com/#!/sayahcnn/status/345960064642850816
http://twitter.com/#!/GEsfandiari/status/345937378780798976
http://twitter.com/#!/BahmanKalbasi/status/345957235882590208
Eyewitnesses report the crowds are chanting “Ahmadi bye bye” as they celebrate the election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s successor.
http://twitter.com/#!/sayahcnn/status/345952963929464833
http://twitter.com/#!/negarmortazavi/status/345948098138345472
http://twitter.com/#!/ANPour/status/345940126549041152
Update:
A photo of men and women dancing is circulating.
http://twitter.com/#!/rzbh/status/345991292414726145
But Iran is still a theocracy with hard-line ruling clerics wielding the power. And despite Rowhani’s efforts to style himself as a reformer, the new boss has the Supreme Leader’s blessing and is likely to be more or less the same as the old boss.
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