Iran's Khamenei formally grants Pezeshkian presidential powers

By Agence France-Presse

Jul 28, 2024 5:40 pm

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei gave Sunday his official endorsement of Masoud Pezeshkian as the Islamic republic's ninth president, following snap elections that had concluded earlier this month.

In a message read by the director of Khamenei's office, he said: 'I endorse the vote (for) the wise, honest, popular and scholarly Mr Pezeshkian, and I am appointing him as the president of the Islamic Republic of Iran.'

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