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.jpg) TEHRAN – Hassan Rohani will take the oath of presidential office in a swearing-in ceremony in Majlis on Sunday with the presence of high ranking delegations from more than 60 countries.
In an unprecedented move, Iran has invited all world leaders to attend the ceremony except the United States and the Zionist regime of Israel.
Rohani won the majority of votes in a nationwide presidential election on June 14.
According to reports, the ceremony will be attended by foreign presidents, prime ministers, Tehran-based foreign diplomats and high ranking Iranian officials.
A notable guest to attend the event will be former EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana who arrived in Tehran on Saturday at the head of a delegation. He was scheduled to hold talks with Iranian Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani later in the day.
Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei endorsed Rohani on Saturday for a four-year term in office.
Rohani succeeds Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who was Iran’s president for two consecutive terms and constitutionally was barred from running for office for a third time.
Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani and Rohani will deliver their speeches during the ceremony.
The presidents of Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Lebanon, Armenia, North Korea, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Sudan, Sri Lanka and Togo as well as the prime ministers of Syria and Swaziland will attend the event, Press TV reported.
The parliament speakers of Russia, Venezuela, Algeria, Azerbaijan, the United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the foreign ministers of South Africa, India, Brazil, Turkey, Mauritania, Sri Lanka, Burundi and Palestine and the vice-presidents of Nicaragua, Tanzania, Cuba and Ghana are to attend Rohani’s swearing-in as well.
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