Over 70 foreign delegates in Tehran to attend Pezeshkian’s swearing-in ceremony

More than 70 foreign delegates, including senior officials and secretary generals of regional and international bodies, are set to attend Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian’s swearing-in ceremony on Tuesday in Tehran.

Presidents, vice-presidents, deputy ministers, parliament speakers, ambassadors, and some 600 domestic and foreign journalists will join the ceremony where 69-year-old Pezeshkian will be sworn in as Iran's president in the parliament.

President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon, Chairman of Uzbekistan’s Legislative Chamber Nuriddinjon Ismailov, Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, Congolese Foreign Minister Therese Kayikwamba Wagner, and Vice-President of Brazil Geraldo Alckmin, have arrived in Tehran.

Other officials who have traveled to Tehran to take part in Pezeshkian’s inauguration include European Union Deputy Foreign Policy Chief Enrique Mora, Japanese State Minister for Foreign Affairs Tsuge Yoshifumi, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Korea Chung Byung-won, and Secretary-General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Zhang Ming.

Pezeshkian will take the oath of office before Iranian lawmakers, the Judiciary chief, members of the Constitutional Council, the head of the Assembly of Experts, senior military officials, and ministers in the previous administration.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei formally endorsed Masoud Pezeshkian as Iran’s new president on Sunday.

In a decree, Ayatollah Khamenei said, “The fate-determining test of the presidential election ended with calmness and sobriety in difficult conditions thanks to the endeavors of people and officials, and the person chosen by the nation became ready to take on a great responsibility.”

Leader formally endorses Masoud Pezeshkian as Iran’s 9th president

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei formally endorses Masoud Pezeshkian as Iran’s new president.

Pezeshkian formally began his four-year term as Iran’s ninth president on Sunday after the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei endorsed him.

He emerged victorious in the second round of the presidential election on July 5 defeating former nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili, garnering 53.7 percent of the vote, while Jalili received 44.3 percent, according to final results announced by the Interior Ministry.

The snap election was 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 presiding board, the president will have 15 days to present his proposed ministers to the parliament for a vote of confidence.

As per parliamentary rules, Pezeshkian will officially renounce his lawmaker mandate on July 31, Yousefi added.

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