The inauguration ceremony of newly elected President Ebrahim Raisi took place in Iran. The ceremony took place in the Iranian Parliament building. The event was attended by 265 guests from 115 countries.
Raisi has vowed to be the guardian of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the regime and to spare no effort to solve the people’s problems.
The delegation led by the Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan also took part in the inauguration ceremony.
Raisi, 60, was inaugurated two days after winning the formal endorsement of the country's supreme leader to take office following his victory in an election in June, Reuters reports.
Raisi, who is under U.S. sanctions over allegations of human rights abuses when he was a judge, has promised to take steps to lift tough U.S. sanctions that have cut Iran's oil exports and have shut it out of the international banking system.
Iran has been negotiating with six major powers to revive a 2015 nuclear deal abandoned three years ago by then U.S. President Donald Trump, who said it was too soft on Tehran.
Under the deal, Iran agreed to curbs on its nuclear programme in return for the lifting of international sanctions, but Trump withdrew from the deal and reimposed sanctions that have crippled Iran's economy. Tehran has since breached limits imposed on its nuclear activities under the agreement.
Like Iran's supreme leader, Raisi has endorsed the nuclear talks, but the mid-ranking Shi'ite cleric is widely expected to adopt a tougher line in talks that have stalled.
With economic misery palpable at home and signs of growing anger among Iranians over economic hardships, breaking free of the U.S. sanctions will be Raisi's top economic goal, political analysts say.
Since his election, Raisi has said the U.S. sanctions were imposed on him for doing his job as a judge. Dissidents fear his presidency could usher in more repression in Iran.
