Iran’s Masoud Pezeshkian to be sworn in on July 30

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Iran’s Masoud Pezeshkian to be sworn in on July 30

Shawdesh desk:

Iran’s president-elect Masoud Pezeshkian will take the oath of office in parliament on July 30, said a member of the legislature’s presiding board, Mojtaba Yousefi on Wednesday.

‘The swearing-in ceremony of Masoud Pezeshkian will be held on July 30,’ state news agency IRNA quoted Yousefi as saying.

Yousefi had said earlier this week that the swearing-in would be held on August 4 or 5.

Iran’s president is not head of state. Ultimate authority rests with the supreme leader — a post held by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for the past 35 years.

Pezeshkian won a second-round runoff against ultraconservative Saeed Jalili on Friday. The 69-year-old reformist took around 54 percent of the 30 million votes cast.

The election was called early after the death of president Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash in May.