Details of Pezeshkian’s Endorsement Ceremony Announced

Ayatollah Khamenei will endorse the mandate of the president-elect, Masoud Pezeshkian, at a ceremony in the Imam Khomeini Hussainiyah of Tehran on July 28.

Pezeshkian will become the ninth president of the Islamic Republic of Iran after receiving his decree from the Leader at the event.

Senior state and military officials and foreign guests usually attend the ceremony.

It is customary for the interior minister to brief the participants at the event about the measures to hold nationwide presidential elections.

Afterwards, the head of the Leader’s office usually takes the podium to read the text of the endorsement decree, before an address by the president-elect about his general plans to run the executive branch of power.

A subsequent swearing-in ceremony for the president-elect will be held at the Parliament on Tuesday, July 30.

The parliamentary law stipulates that the new president should present his plans and introduce his ministers within two weeks after inauguration.

The lawmakers will then discuss the credentials of the proposed ministers for a week before holding a final session on the votes of confidence.

Pezeshkian was elected to the Parliament as a representative of the northwestern city of Tabriz in the parliamentary elections on March 1.

After the death of President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash on May 19, Pezeshkian became one of six final candidates singled out by the Constitutional Council from 80 applicants seeking the presidency.

He won the highest number of votes in the first round of the presidential election on June 28 and faced off the runner-up, Saeed Jalili, in the runoff election on July 5.

The physician-turned-politician won the runoff by garnering 53.66% of the votes.

His new administration, the 14th one after the victory of the Islamic Revolution in 1979, will hold office for four years.