Iran's presidential election brought a conservative hard-liner to power for the first time in eight years, vote counting showed Saturday, heightening concern about a flare-up of tensions between Tehran and the international community.Judiciary chief Ebrahim Raisi, a Muslim cleric backed by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, will replace relatively moderate President Hassan Rouhani in August. Rouhani, first elected in 2013 and then again in 2017 after defeating Raisi, cannot serve a third consecutive term.Moderate and former Central Bank chief Abdolnasser Hemmati conceded his defeat by R…READ FULL ARTICLE
