Iran president-elect states will 'extend hand of friendship to everyone'

Iran's reformist president-elect Masoud Pezeshkian said Saturday he would "extend the hand of friendship to everyone" in his first remarks since being declared winner of a runoff vote against ultraconservative Saeed Jalili.

"We will extend the hand of friendship to everyone; we are all people of this country; we should use everyone for the progress of the country," Pezeshkian said on state television.

AFP