Hasan Rouhani Sworn As Iran President Sunday Aug 4,2013

Hasan Rohani won Iran’s June 14,2013 presidential election with 50.7%of a total of over 36 million ballots. The voter turnout in the election was 72.7%

On Sunday Aug 4,2013, President Rohani took the oath of office in Majlis one day after being endorsed by Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei

Delegations from over 50 countries attended Rohani’s inauguration ceremony. Among the foreign dignitaries present were 10 presidents, six vice-presidents, two prime ministers, eight parliament speakers as well as several prominent former officials

Hasan Rohani, whose 4-year tenure officially started on Sunday, takes over from Mahmoud Ahmadinejad





Hasan Rouhani was sworn in as Iran's president during a ceremony in Parliament on Sunday aug 4,2013 after which he presented a new Cabinet dominated by technocrats who had previously served under a moderate former president, Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

Mohammad Javad Zarif(a diplomat at Iran's U.N. Mission in New York for five years) to serve as Foreign Minister
Mahmoud Alavi(a cleric and former lawmake)as Minister of Intelligence
Hossein Dehghan(a former commander in the powerful Revolutionary Guards)as Defense Minister

The Cabinet must still be confirmed by Parliament

Iran President Hasan Rouhani, right, accompanied by former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, arrives for his swearing-in ceremony at the parliament in Tehran on Sunday Aug 4,2013

President Hasan Rouhani spoke after being sworn in as president in an open session of parliament Sunday

"If you seek a suitable answer, speak to Iran through the language of respect, not through the language of sanctions," the president said in a speech broadcast live by Iranian state television