Iran’s president-elect Pezeshkian to be sworn in next month

Iran’s president-elect Pezeshkian to be sworn in next month

The 69-year-old reformist secured more than 16 million votes, around 54% of the 30 million votes cast.

Masoud Pezeshkian Iran
Iran’s president-elect Masoud Pezeshkian speaks at the shrine of revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, near Tehran, yesterday. (AP pic)
TEHRAN:
Iran’s Masoud Pezeshkian will be sworn in before parliament in early August as the Islamic republic’s ninth president, state media reported today.

“The swearing-in ceremony of the president will be held on Aug 4 or 5,” said the official Irna news agency, quoting Mojtaba Yosefi, a member of parliament’s presiding board.

“The president will have 15 days to present his proposed ministers to the parliament for a vote of confidence.”

Iranian presidents-elect are required to take an oath before parliament before officially taking office.

The swearing-in ceremony takes place after the president-elect receives an official endorsement by the Islamic republic’s supreme leader.

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

Pezeshkian won a run-off election on Friday against the ultra-conservative Saeed Jalili to replace president Ebrahim Raisi who died in a helicopter crash in May.

The 69-year-old reformist secured more than 16 million votes, around 54%, with Jalili winning more than 13 million, roughly 44%, out of about 30 million votes cast.

Turnout was 49.8%, Eslami added, up from a record low of about 40% in the first round.

Today, Iranian newspapers published front page photos of Pezeshkian and called for “unity” under the president-elect.

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