# Hassan Rouhani wins the 2013 presidential election Khamenei does not block

Date: 2013

## The fact

On 14 June 2013 [Hassan Rouhani](/people/hassan-rouhani) won the presidential election on a diplomacy-first platform. Khamenei remained Leader and did not block the result.

## Context

The Guardian Council had disqualified others. Neighbouring JPOA November 2013 is a child. He did not write Rouhani’s speeches.

Khatami 1997 is an earlier opening. JPOA 24 November 2013 is a child.

The Supreme Leader of Iran is commander-in-chief and the highest constitutional authority. He does not write a US presidential strike order, an IAEA Board resolution, or a Hamas military plan. Presidents, the IRGC, and the Guardian Council implement and share specific files.

## Evidence and sources

Office of the Supreme Leader of Iran carries the official instrument or communique. Reuters records the same dated act independently.

## Significance

The path is [democratic resilience](/drivers/democratic-resilience): a completed competitive round inside a screened field is a dated, limited opening.

## What is established and what is not

Established: 14 June 2013 Rouhani victory, independently reported.

Not established: that the IRGC answered to Rouhani, or a unique later enrichment coefficient from the ballot.

What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date or name, a later repeal, a court that vacated the instrument, or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of later institutions.

The date is the date of this instrument, not a licence to back-date every later harm or benefit.

He did not block the result. The Council had filtered.. A later repeal, court stay, or successor order would be a different Fact with a different date. That pair identifies Hassan Rouhani wins the 2013 presidential election Khamenei does not block, not a later speech about Hassan Rouhani wins the 2013 presidential election Khamenei does not block.

Co-authors and later implementers named in Context remain on the file. Hassan Rouhani wins the 2013 presidential election Khamenei does not block on 2013-06-14 is not a licence to treat every later Office of the Supreme Leader of Iran communique as this same act. If a later repeal, stay, or successor instrument exists, it needs its own date and its own row. This dossier refuses to average Hassan Rouhani wins the 2013 presidential election Khamenei does not block into a personality. The contribution described on this Person row is limited to Voters chose among screened candidates. He did not block the result. The Council had filtered. That limit is the alternative to treating office-holding as authorship of every later series.

## People

- Ali Khamenei: https://factrail.ai/people/ali-khamenei

## Drivers

- Democratic Resilience: https://factrail.ai/drivers/democratic-resilience

## Sources

- https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-election-idUSBRE95D0D520130615
- https://english.khamenei.ir/

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/ir-rouhani-2013