Iran\u2019s Masoud Pezeshkian will be sworn in before parliament in early August as the Islamic Republic\u2019s ninth president, state media reported Sunday.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe swearing-in ceremony of the president will be held on August 4 or 5,\u201d quoting Mojtaba Yosefi, a member of parliament\u2019s presiding board.
\n\u201cThe president will have 15 days to present his proposed ministers to the parliament for a vote of confidence.\u201d<\/p>\n
Iranian presidents-elect are required to take an oath before parliament before officially taking office.<\/p>\n
The swearing-in ceremony takes place after the president-elect receives an official endorsement by the Islamic Republic\u2019s supreme leader.<\/p>\n
Iran\u2019s president is not head of state, and the ultimate authority rests with the supreme leader — a post held by Ali Khamenei for the last 35 years.<\/p>\n
Pezeshkian won a runoff election on Friday against the ultraconservative Saeed Jalili to replace president Ebrahim Raisi who died in a helicopter crash in May.<\/p>\n
The 69-year-old reformist secured more than 16 million votes, around 54 percent, with Jalili winning more than 13 million, roughly 44 percent, out of about 30 million votes cast.<\/p>\n
Turnout was 49.8 percent, Eslami added, up from a record low of about 40 percent in the first round.<\/p>\n
On Sunday, Iranian newspapers published front-page photos of Pezeshkian and called for \u201cunity\u201d under the president-elect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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