WeChat QR Code

Home>News Center

Ebrahim Raisi sworn in as Iran’s eighth president

2021-08-06 09:02:45       source:The Aljazeera

August 5, 2021


Tehran, Iran – Ebrahim Raisi has been sworn in as Iran’s eighth president.


At the ceremony in the country’s parliament in Tehran on Thursday, Raisi, with a hand on a Quran, read the inauguration oath before adding that he will make Iran stronger and engage with the world.


The 60-year-old Raisi, who is a frontrunner to replace the 82-year-old Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said Iranians want him to maintain the country’s independence and resist foreign bullying.


Read more:

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/8/5/irans-raisi-sends-message-of-strength-in-inauguration