Iranian President Hassan Rouhani looks on during his meeting with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras (not pictured), in this handout photo released by the Greek Prime Minister's press office, in Tehran, Iran February 8, 2016. REUTERS/Andrea Bonetti/Greek PM Press Office/Handout via Reuters
ANKARA (Reuters) - President Hassan Rouhani urged Iran's faction-ridden elite on Thursday to seek consensus after a hardline watchdog body disqualified thousands of moderate candidates from two elections this month, state television said.
Rouhani, a popular pragmatist now reestablishing ties abroad after last year's nuclear accord with global powers ended economic sanctions, spoke to crowds in Azadi Square in Tehran marking the anniversary of Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution.
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