TEHRAN: Masoud Pezeshkian was sworn in as Iran’s new president in a ceremony held in Iran’s parliament on Tuesday.
Pezeshkian was the 9th president in Iran’s history to be sworn in during a ceremony that began at 4:00 PM local time today in the main hall of Iran’s parliament in Tehran.
More than 70 foreign delegates, including senior officials and secretaries general of regional and international bodies, attended the swearing-in ceremony of Iranian President Pezeshkian, according to state broadcaster.
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Sunday formally endorsed Masoud Pezeshkian as Iran’s new president, who won the July 5 runoff.
In the July 5 presidential runoff, he defeated former nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili, winning 53.7% of the vote, while Jalili won 44.3%, according to final results announced by the Interior Ministry.
Snap elections were called shortly after President Ebrahim Raeisi lost his life in a tragic helicopter crash in May.
According to Mojtaba Yousefi, a member of the parliament’s presidium, the president will have 15 days to present his proposed ministers to parliament for a vote of confidence.
Under parliamentary rules, Pezeshkian will officially relinquish his mandate as a lawmaker on July 31, Yousefi added.
