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Iranian President Hails Victory

21/05/2017 GMT

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Re-elected Hassan Rouhani says his win shows Iranian voters reject extremism

The re-elected president of Iran, Hassan Rouhani, says his win shows voters in the country reject extremism and want greater links with the rest of the world. But with the Trump administration critical of Iran's influence, how will the new Washington-Tehran dynamic play out?

Also in today's programme: the end of an era for North American circuses; and the brothel owned by its staff.

(Photo: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. Credit: AFP)

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