Weah received 61.5 percent of the vote and Vice President Joseph Boakai received 38.5 percent, the National Elections Commission said. — Associated PressIRANTehran police ease dress-code penaltiesPolice in Iran’s capital said Thursday that they will no longer arrest women for failing to observe the Islamic dress code in place since the 1979 revolution. The announcement signaled an easing of punishments for violating the conservative dress code, as called for by the young Iranians who helped reelect President Hassan Rouhani, a relative moderate, this year. The dress code remains in place outside the Iranian capital. The Supreme Court ruled months ago that the Muslim practice, which allows men to instantly divorce their wives, was unconstitutional.

Source: Washington Post December 28, 2017 23:03 UTC