Moderate cleric Rohani sworn in as president of Iran

  • 11 years ago
The new president of Iran, Hassan Rohani, has been sworn in at a religious ceremony in Tehran.

The cleric was handed power by the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Seen as a moderate, expectations are high both in Iran and abroad that he will be a reforming president. However he still has to please hardliners within the country.

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