DUBAI/BEIRUT (Reuters) -- Iranians yearning for more freedom at home and less isolation abroad have emphatically re-elected President Hassan Rouhani, throwing down a challenge to the conservative clergy that still holds ultimate sway.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani gives a televised speech after he won the election in Tehran on May 20.
DUBAI/BEIRUT (Reuters) -- Iranians yearning for more freedom at home and less isolation abroad have emphatically re-elected President Hassan Rouhani, throwing down a challenge to the conservative clergy that still holds ultimate sway.