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Tehran, Iran – 30 July 2024
1. Masoud Pezeshkian, Iran’s president entering chamber
2. Officials and foreign guests
3. Pezeshkian taking the presidential oath
4. Wide of parliament chamber
5. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Masoud Pezeshkian, Iran’s president:
"We are ready to talk and manage the tensions with governments that haven’t yet realized Iran’s position and dignity. I consider the normalization of economic and commercial ties with the outside world Iran’s unalienable right, and will not stop trying to remove the oppressive sanctions."
6. Wide of chamber
STORYLINE:
Iran swore in the country’s new president on Tuesday, with the reformist politician and heart surgeon Masoud Pezeshkian pledging that his administration will keep trying to remove economic sanctions imposed by the West over Tehran’s controversial nuclear program.
Pezeshkian delivered a speech after taking his oath in a ceremony at the parliament in Tehran, Iran’s capital.
He said he considers the normalization of economic relations with the world to be Iran’s inalienable right.
"I will not stop trying to remove the oppressive sanctions,” he said
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Sunday officially endorsed Pezeshkian, urging him to prioritize neighbors, African and Asian nations as well as countries that have “supported and helped” Iran in Tehran’s foreign relations policies.
Pezeshkian, a longtime lawmaker, won the July presidential election after his predecessor Ebrahim Raisi was killed in a May helicopter crash that sparked the early election.
He has two weeks to form his Cabinet for a vote of confidence in parliament.
The sanctions have hit Iran’s vital oil exports, blocked transactions on international banking networks and spurred inflation, which is running at about 40%.
The dollar is being traded for 584,000 Iranian rials, a dramatic plunge for the country’s currency.
When the landmark nuclear deal was struck with world powers, the rial traded 32,000 to the dollar.
Former President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew America from the Iran nuclear deal in 2018.
Iran has held indirect talks with the Biden administration, though there’s been no clear progress on constraining Tehran’s nuclear program nor the lifting of economic sanctions.
Iran insists its nuclear program is peaceful and geared towards generating electricity and producing radioisotopes to treat cancer patients — not nuclear weapons.
"Pressure and excessive demands will not work on Iran’s leadership, people and political system," Pezeshkian said.
Pezeshkian’s swearing-in ceremony was attended by representatives from more than 70 countries, as well as Enrique Mora, the European Union coordinator of nuclear talks.
Emomali Rahman, Tajikistan’s president, also attended as did Iran’s allies from Palestinian militant groups, including Hamas’ leader Ismail Haniyeh and Islamic Jihad’s Ziyad al Nakhaleh.
AP video shot by Saeed Sarmadi
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