July 30, 2024
Massoud Pezeskian was sworn in as the ninth president of Iran
TEHRAN: Iran’s reformist President Massoud Pezheskian was sworn in before parliament on Tuesday as the Islamic Republic’s ninth president in a ceremony attended by foreign dignitaries. Pezeshkian won a runoff against ultraconservative Saeed Jalili on July 5 to replace president Ebrahim Raisi who died in a helicopter crash in May. Tuesday’s ceremony came two days after Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei formally endorsed Pezeskian and gave the 69-year-old heart surgeon presidential powers. “I as the president, before the Holy Quran and the people of Iran, swear by the almighty God to be the guardian of the official religion and


