Wednesday 05 August 2009 - 12:12 
Ahmadinejad takes oath as reelected president of Iran

Re-elected President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took the oath as the next president of the Islamic Iran during an official swearing-in ceremony held in the Iranian Parliament (Majlis) on Wednesday.

Reading the text of his oath, the president promised to use all within his power to serve the country, nation and the Islamic establishment of Iran.

The ceremony was attended by ranking officials including the head of the Supreme Leader’s Office, the heads of the three branches of power, members of the Parliament, members of the Assembly of Experts, the incumbent cabinet members, the secretary and members of the Guardians Council, Friday Prayers leaders, army officials as well as ambassadors of foreign countries to Iran.

Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei officially endorsed Ahmadinejad’s presidency for the second term in a ceremony held at the Imam Khomeini Hosseiniyeh (Mosque) in downtown Tehran on Monday.

President Ahmadinejad was accompanied by Judiciary chief Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi while he took the podium to take oath as Iran’s next president.
President Ahmadinejad has two weeks to introduce his new cabinet members after taking oath in the Majlis.

Ahmadinejad’s sweaing-in ceremony was covered live by more than 320 domestic and foreign reporters, photographers and journalists.