Pezeshkian sworn-in as ninth Iranian president

The inauguration ceremony of the new Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian was held in the Iranian parliament with many foreign dignitaries in attendance on Tuesday afternoon.

Pezeshkian sworn-in as ninth Iranian president

MEHR: The inauguration ceremony of the new Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian was held in the Iranian parliament with many foreign dignitaries in attendance on Tuesday afternoon.

In the inauguration ceremony in the parliament, Iran’s President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian will be sworn in before the parliament as the ninth president of the Islamic Republic.

More than 70 foreign delegates, including senior officials and secretary generals of regional and international bodies, attended the ceremony.

The official ceremony started at 4 p.m. Tehran local time.

As many as 600 foreign and Iranian journalists are at the parliament to cover the inauguration ceremony.

The new Iranian president has 15 day to introduce his cabinet to the parliament for a vote of confidence after the swearing-in ceremony. 

After the Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf delivered a speech at the start of the ceremony, 69-year-old Pezeshkian took an oath on the holy Qor'an.

The new Iranian president signed the book of inauguration.