Iran’s new reformist president Massoud was sworn in today in a ceremony broadcast live on state television.
Pezheskian thus becomes the ninth president of the Islamic Republic.
“As president, before the Quran and the Iranian people, I swear by Almighty God to be the guardian of the official religion, the system of the Islamic Republic and the constitution of the country,” he said. said the new president, who succeeds him Ibrahim Raisi, who died in May when the helicopter he was traveling in crashed.
In the second round of the presidential elections held in Iran on July 5, reformist Tabriz MP and former Health Minister Pezheshkian obtained 53.7% of the votes.
It could not be missing
Among other political figures, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan was present at the inauguration ceremony.
“Our minister will visit Tehran on July 30, 2024, to attend the inauguration ceremony of Iran’s President-elect Massoud Pezhezkian,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Monday.
Who is Masoud Pezeskian?
Reformist Pezheskian defeated ultraconservative Said Jalili in the second round of the presidential election, securing 16,384,403 votes to his opponent’s 13,538,179.
Turnout in the second round of the presidential elections was only 49.8%.
Heart surgeon Peseshkian was seen as the most moderate of the six candidates endorsed by the conservative Guardian Council – indeed, in 2021, the Council rejected Peseshkian’s candidacy.
During his election campaign, Peseshkian stressed that he would not tolerate any insult to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei – who in 2021 had criticized the council’s rejection of Peseshkian’s candidacy.
Peseshkian is also seeking to win over disenchanted reformist supporters, wanting to establish a new relationship of trust between the population and a possible moderate government.
The 69-year-old has been a member of the Reformists’ parliament since 2008, having also served as Minister of Health during the presidency of Mohamed Khatami (1997-2005).