TEHRAN, May 20 (Xinhua) -- Iran will continue interaction with the international community and is ready to expand the cooperation with other countries, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said here on Saturday following a landslide victory in the presidential election.
By voting for him, the Iranians have chosen the course of interaction and "no violence and extremism" in the world, Rouhani said in a televised speech.
The Iranians have chosen to live in peace with their neighbors and global countries, he said, adding that Iran will not accept "humiliation and threat" in mutual ties.
He also said that he is ready to work with his rivals inside the country to implement his programs in the next administration.
Rouhani won the Friday presidential election by garnering 57 percent of the votes, Interior Minister, Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli, announced Saturday.
Rahmani Fazli said out of 41,220,131 counted votes, which accounts for 99.7 percent of the total votes cast on Friday election, Rouhani secured 23,549,616 votes or 57 percent of the ballots.
Earlier on Saturday, Rouhani thanked his supporters, saying that "I will stick to my promises for you."
Rouhani's win stemmed from a large turnout of voters who saw him as the best choice to translate their hopes into real changes in Iran's domestic and foreign policies.
