The new president of Iran, Hassan Rouhani, will be sworn in today in front of the parliament and is expected to present the members of the new government, the media reported.
Yesterday, Rouhani officially assumed the post of president of Iran after he was supported by Iran's supreme religious leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Rouhani's first decision was to appoint Mohammad Nahavandian as his chief of staff. Nahavandian, who was the head of the Iranian Chamber of Commerce and who received his doctorate from the American University "George Washington", will perform an important role, primarily in the coordination of economic decision-making.
In his address, the new president promised to work to "preserve the country's economy, encourage constructive deals with the world, secure its national interests and lift unjust sanctions" imposed over the disputed nuclear program.
Rouhani, who is considered a moderate politician in Iran, won the June 14 presidential election. He will replace Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in that position. He was the negotiator for Iran's nuclear issues between 1997 and 2005, while the president of Iran was Mohamad Hatami.
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