TEHRAN
\nIranian reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian was sworn before parliament on Tuesday as the Islamic republic\u2019s ninth president at a ceremony attended by foreign dignitaries.
\nPezeshkian won a runoff race against ultraconservative Saeed Jalili on July 5 to replace president Ebrahim Raisi who died in a helicopter crash in May. Tuesday\u2019s ceremony came two days after Iran\u2019s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei officially endorsed Pezeshkian and gave the 69-year-old heart surgeon presidential powers. \u201cI as the president, in front of the Holy Quran and the people of Iran, swear to almighty God to be the guardian of the official religion and the Islamic Republic system and the constitution of the country,\u201d Pezeshkian said at the ceremony. Pezeshkian, who is expected to unveil his government within two weeks, had secured more than 16 million votes during the runoff, or about 54 per cent of the roughly 30 million ballots cast.
\nIran\u2019s presidential election took place against a backdrop of heightened regional tensions since the Gaza conflict began in early October, disputes with Western powers over Iran\u2019s nuclear programme and domestic discontent over the state of the sanctions-hit economy.
\nTuesday\u2019s ceremony was attended by senior officials from several countries including Armenia, Tajikistan, Egypt, Sudan, Iraq, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Azerbaijan, Cuba and Brazil.
\nDeputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar also arrived in Tehran to attend the event.
\nEuropean Union envoy Enrique Mora was also present.
\nRegional Iran-backed allies were also in attendance, namely Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and the head of the Islamic Jihad Ziyad al-Nakhalah.
\nLebanon\u2019s Hezbollah movement was represented by the group\u2019s deputy secretary general Naim Qassem while Yemen\u2019s Houthi rebels sent spokesman Mohammed Abdulsalam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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