First inauguration of Hassan Rouhani

The inauguration of Hassan Rouhani as the 7th President of Iran took place on two rounds, first on Saturday 3 August 2013 whereby he received his presidential precept from Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and entered to 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.

Presidential Inauguration of Hassan Rouhani
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)
LocationImam Khomeini Hosseinieh, Pasteur Street, Tehran (de facto)
Parliament of Iran building, Baharestan, Tehran (Official)
ParticipantsHassan Rouhani
7th President of the Iran
—Assuming office
Sadeq Larijani
Chief Justice of Iran
— Administering oath
WebsiteParliament of Iran

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][4][5]

Government leaders
 AfghanistanPresidentHamid Karzai
 ArmeniaPresidentSerzh Sargsyan
 BoliviaVice PresidentÁlvaro García Linera[6]
 CubaVice PresidentRicardo Cabrisas Ruiz
 GhanaVice PresidentKwesi Amissah-Arthur
 Guinea-BissauPresidentManuel Serifo Nhamadjo
 IraqVice PresidentKhodair al-Khozaei
 KazakhstanPresidentNursultan Nazarbayev
 KuwaitPrime MinisterSabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah[7]
 KyrgyzstanPresidentAlmazbek Atambayev
 LebanonPresidentMichel Suleiman[8]
 IndiaVice PresidentMohammad Hamid Ansari
 NicaraguaVice PresidentOmar Halleslevens
 North KoreaPresident of the PresidiumKim Yong-Nam[9]
 PakistanPresidentAsif Ali Zardari[10]
 QatarEmirTamim bin Hamad Al Thani
 Sri LankaPresidentMahinda Rajapaksa
 EswatiniPrime MinisterBarnabas Sibusiso Dlamini
 SyriaPrime MinisterWael Nader Al-Halqi[11]
 TajikistanPresidentEmomalii Rahmon
 TanzaniaVice PresidentMohamed Gharib Bilal
 TogoPresidentFaure Gnassingbé
 TurkmenistanPresidentGurbanguly Berdimuhamedow
Government representatives
 AlgeriaChairperson of the SenateAbdelkader Bensalah
 AzerbaijanSpeakerOgtay Asadov[12]
 BrazilForeign MinisterAntonio Patriota
 BruneiForeign MinisterMohamed Bolkiah
 BurundiForeign MinisterLaurent Kavakure
 ChinaMinister of CultureCai Wu[13]
 Democratic Republic of the CongoSpeakerAubin Minaku
 IndiaForeign MinisterSalman Khurshid[14]
 IndonesiaSpeakerSidarto Danusubroto
 IraqKurdistan Prime MinisterNechervan Idris Barzani
 MalaysiaDeputy Prime Minister
Foreign Minister		Muhyiddin Yassin
Anifah Aman[15]
 MauritaniaForeign MinisterHamadi Ould Hamadi
 OmanMinister of Heritage and CultureHaitham bin Tariq al Said
 PalestineForeign MinisterRiyad al-Maliki
 RussiaSpeakerSergey Naryshkin
 Saudi ArabiaMinister of State for Foreign TradeMusaad bin Mohammed Al-Aiban
 South AfricaForeign MinisterMaite Nkoana-Mashabane[16]
 Sri LankaForeign MinisterG. L. Peiris
 TurkeyForeign MinisterAhmet Davutoğlu
 UkraineDeputy Prime MinisterSerhiy Arbuzov
 United Arab EmiratesSpeakerMohammad Al Murr
 UzbekistanChairman of the SenateIlgizar Sabirov
 VenezuelaSpeakerDiosdado Cabello
Heads of multilateral organizations
Organisation of Islamic CooperationSecretary-GeneralEkmeleddin İhsanoğlu
 United NationsDeputy Secretary-GeneralJan Eliasson
Former leaders
 European UnionFormer EU Foreign Policy ChiefJavier Solana
 MalaysiaFormer Prime MinisterMahathir Mohamed
 United KingdomFormer Secretary of StateJack 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.[17][18]

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir had confirmed his participation in the ceremony[13] but his chartered Saudi aircraft was prevented from flying into Saudi Arabian airspace on its way to Tehran.[19]

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.

See also

References
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  2. دو تیم از مجلس و دولت منتخب درباره مهمانان مراسم تحلیف تصمیم‌گیری می‌کنند ISNA
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  14. جزییات حضور سران خارجی در تحلیف روحانی Tabnak
  15. حضور وزیر خارجه مالزی در تحلیف روحانی
  16. "Statement by the Deputy Minister of DIRCO on international developments". Department of International Relations and Cooperation. 25 July 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  17. حضور ۱۰ رئیس‌جمهور در مراسم تحلیف قطعی شده است/ فهرست مهمانان خارجی پنج‌شنبه نهایی می‌شود Tasnim News
  18. عراقچی:غیر از اسرائیل همه کشورهابرای مراسم تحلیف دعوتند ISNA
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