TEHRAN, July 27 (Xinhua) -- A senior Iranian lawmaker said over 300 foreign guests would attend the swearing-in ceremony of Iran's President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian, which is scheduled for Tuesday.
Alireza Salimi, spokesman of the Iranian parliament's presiding board, made the remarks in an interview with the Iranian Students' News Agency (ISNA) published on Saturday.
He said the ceremony, which would be held at 16:00 local time (1230 GMT) in the capital Tehran on Tuesday, would be attended by high-ranking Iranian officials and more than 80 visiting foreign delegations, including China, the European Union, Brazil, Russia, Turkmenistan, Iraq and Pakistan.
According to ISNA, Pezeshkian's presidential decree will be endorsed by Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Sunday.
Pezeshkian was announced as Iran's next president on July 6 following his victory in a runoff against Saeed Jalili, a former chief nuclear negotiator. ■
