Masoud Pezeshkian inaugurated Iran’s new president in official ceremony

Masoud Pezeshkian was inaugurated by the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, at a ceremony on Sunday in the capital city of Tehran. Pezeshkian, a reformist among his peers, is a medical surgeon and former health minister, who vowed to respond to the electorates demand for change. Pezeshkian was elected in early July after his predecessor, Ebrahim Raisi, was killed in a helicopter accident.

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