TEHRAN, July 30 (Bernama-IRNA) -- Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has taken the oath of office before the Iranian Parliament to formally start leading the country’s executive branch for a four-year term.
Iranian News Agency (IRNA) reported that Pezeshkian took the oath of office on Tuesday afternoon local time in an inauguration ceremony where delegations from some 88 countries and senior Iranian government officials were in attendance.
As part of the oath, the president swore to perform the duties he assumed as the Islamic Republic’s president.
Pezeshkian also swore to preserve Islam, the Islamic Republic system and the Constitution as Iran’s president.
He then began delivering a speech to the audience in Parliament.
The inauguration ceremony began at 4 pm local time on Tuesday in the main hall of the Iranian Parliament in downtown Tehran.
The event comes two days after Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei endorsed the results of the recent presidential election in Iran, allowing Pezeshkian to begin his role as the ninth president in the history of Iran.
-- BERNAMA-IRNA
