“We derive stability not from ‘coalitions’, but from our people, who -unlike many- do vote,” Zarif said on his twitter account on Saturday morning. 

“Iranians must be respected & are ready to engage,” the top diplomat added in his tweet.

Some 40 million Iranians cast their ballots in the country’s 12^th presidential vote and 5^th City and Village Councils elections on Friday.

More than 56,400,000 people were eligible to vote. Forty million voters would then translates into a turnout of around 71 percent.

Iranian expatriates in 103 countries also voted simultaneous with the big turnout at home.