Taghribnews (TNA) - Masoud Pezeshkian takes oath as 9th Iranian President

At the ceremony in the Iran Parliament in Tehran on Tuesday, with a hand on the holy Quran, Masoud Pezeshkian read the inauguration oath of office before Iranian lawmakers, the Judiciary chief, members of the Constitutional Council, the head of the Assembly of Experts, senior military officials, and ministers in the previous administration and foreign digniteries.

"As president, in the presence of the Holy Quran and before the Iranian nation, I swear to Almighty God that I will safeguard the official religion, the system of the Islamic Republic, and the Constitution of the country,” he stated.

“I will dedicate all my abilities and qualifications to fulfill the responsibilities entrusted to me, and I will devote myself to serving the people and elevating the nation, promoting religion and ethics, supporting righteousness, and expanding justice,” Pezeshkian added.
Pezeshkian formally began his four-year term as Iran’s ninth president and the head of the 14th Iranian administration on Sunday after the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei endorsed him.
Nearly 80 senior foreign delegates, including foreign Presidents, vice presidents, deputy ministers, parliament speakers, ambassadors, senior officials of regional and global organizations, and many Iranian and foreign journalists attended the ceremony.
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Sunday formally endorsed Masoud Pezeshkian as Iran’s new president on Sunday.
President Pezeshkian won the second round of the presidential election on July 5th with 53.7 percent of the vote.The snap election was called after President Ebrahim Raisi was martyred in a helicopter crash in May.
As stipulated in Article 121 of the Iranian Constitution, the presidential oath must be administered in Parliament, where the president takes the oath of office in the presence of legislators and members of the Constitutional Council alongside the Judiciary chief.
After the inauguration, the president is required by law to submit the final list of his cabinet to Parliament for approval within two weeks.