First inauguration of Hassan Rouhani

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Presidential inauguration of Hassan Rouhani
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Hassan Rouhani taking oath of office in the Parliament building, Chief Justice Sadeq Larijani in his left
Date3 August 2013 (de facto)
4 August 2013 (Official)
Location Imam Khomeini Hosseinieh, Pasteur Street, Tehran (de facto)
Parliament of Iran building, Baharestan, Tehran (Official)
Participants Hassan Rouhani
7th president of the Iran
—Assuming office
Sadeq Larijani
Chief Justice of Iran
— Administering oath
Website Parliament of Iran

The inauguration of Hassan Rouhani as the 7th president of Iran took place on two rounds: the first on Saturday 3 August 2013, when he received his presidential precept from Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and entered the Sa'dabad Palace, official residence of the president in a private ceremony. The second was on the next day with sworn in for the office in the Parliament of Iran. [1] This marked the commencement of the four-year term of Hassan Rouhani as president and his vice president. The event was awaited with some expectation, since for the first time foreign guests participated in the ceremony. The oath of office was administered by Chief Justice, Sadeq Larijani.

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Planning

The inauguration ceremony began at 16:00 IRDT and finished at 19:00. Foreign guests resided in two places. Heads of states and governments stayed at the Sa'dabad Palace, which is the official residence of the Iranian president. Other guests based in Parsian Esteghlal Hotel. Hassan Rouhani went to Imam Khomeini Hosseinieh, the official residence of Supreme Leader of Iran to receive his presidential precept from Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. After that, he began his career as President of Iran officially. On the next day, an official inauguration took place which he must perform the oath of office beside Sadeq Larijani, head of Judiciary System of Iran. Before the sworn in ceremony begins, Parliament speaker, Ali Larijani welcomed the new government and guests with a 30-minute speech. Rouhani had a 45-minute mandate for his first speech as the president of Iran.

Invitations

The group organizing the inauguration invited international and national authorities for the swearing in ceremony. The ceremonial body of the Parliament sent invitations to all members of the current legislature and some famous Iranian political and cultural persons. All governors of the provinces, ambassadors and Friday prayer imams were invited for the event. Former presidents, including Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mohammad Khatami and Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, were also invited. [2] After the ceremony, guests attended a dinner party hosted by Rouhani.

Foreign dignitaries

The following leaders attended the swearing in ceremony: [3]

Government leaders
Flag of Afghanistan (2004-2013).svgFlag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai
Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia President Serzh Sargsyan
Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia Vice President Álvaro García Linera [ citation needed ]
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba Vice President Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur
Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg  Guinea-Bissau President Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo
Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Vice President Khodair al-Khozaei
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait Prime Minister Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah [4]
Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan President Almazbek Atambayev
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon President Michel Suleiman [5]
Flag of India.svg  India Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari
Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua Vice President Omar Halleslevens
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea President of the Presidium Kim Yong-Nam [6]
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari [7]
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa
Flag of Eswatini.svg  Eswatini Prime Minister Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini
Flag of Syria (1980-2024).svg Syria Prime Minister Wael Nader Al-Halqi [8]
Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan President Emomalii Rahmon
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania Vice President Mohamed Gharib Bilal
Flag of Togo (3-2).svg  Togo President Faure Gnassingbé
Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow
Government representatives
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria Chairperson of the Senate Abdelkader Bensalah
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan Speaker Ogtay Asadov [9]
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Foreign Minister Antonio Patriota
Flag of Brunei.svg  Brunei Foreign Minister Mohamed Bolkiah
Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi Foreign Minister Laurent Kavakure
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Minister of Culture Cai Wu [ citation needed ]
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Democratic Republic of the Congo Speaker Aubin Minaku
Flag of India.svg  India Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid [10]
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia Speaker Sidarto Danusubroto
Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Kurdistan Prime Minister Nechervan Idris Barzani
Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg  Malaysia Deputy Prime Minister
Foreign Minister
Muhyiddin Yassin
Anifah Aman [11]
Flag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania Foreign Minister Hamadi Ould Hamadi
Flag of Oman.svg  Oman Minister of Heritage and Culture Haitham bin Tariq al Said
Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Speaker Sergey Naryshkin
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia Minister of State for Foreign TradeMusaad bin Mohammed Al-Aiban
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Foreign Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane [12]
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Foreign Minister G. L. Peiris
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Deputy Prime Minister Serhiy Arbuzov
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates Speaker Mohammad Al Murr
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan Chairman of the Senate Ilgizar Sabirov
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela Speaker Diosdado Cabello
Heads of multilateral organizations
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Secretary-General Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu
Flag of the United Nations.svg United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson
Former leaders
Flag of Europe.svg European UnionFormer EU Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana
Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg  Malaysia Former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Former Secretary of State Jack Straw

After the election of Rouhani as the seventh president of Iran, former Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Jack Straw, who has a close friendship with Hassan Rouhani, publicly announced his inclination for participating in Rouhani's presidential inauguration. Two weeks later, Parliament sent an official invitation to him. However, he declined this invitation due to personal and family reasons and also that he was not a British official. Abbas Araghchi, the spokesperson of Ministry of Foreign Affairs also announced that Parliament sent invitations to all governments' officials except Israel, with which Iran has no formal relations. [13] [14]

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir had confirmed his participation in the ceremony but his chartered Saudi aircraft was prevented from flying into Saudi Arabian airspace on its way to Tehran. [15]

Broadcast

Rouhani's inauguration was broadcast nationally by all major television networks. IRIB broadcast the event live. BBC Persian, Voice of America, Press TV, Manoto, CNN, ABC News, NBC, Channel 4, RT, NRK, SRF, Euronews, TRT Türk and Al Jazeera also aired the event. Among 2,000 reporters were permitted to enter the Parliament house.[ original research? ]

See also

References

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  11. حضور وزیر خارجه مالزی در تحلیف روحانی
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  13. حضور ۱۰ رئیس‌جمهور در مراسم تحلیف قطعی شده است/ فهرست مهمانان خارجی پنج‌شنبه نهایی می‌شود Tasnim News
  14. عراقچی:غیر از اسرائیل همه کشورهابرای مراسم تحلیف دعوتند ISNA
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