Iran's president-elect Masoud Pezeshkian to be sworn in next month
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Iran's Masoud Pezeshkian will be sworn in before parliament in early August as the Islamic republic's ninth president, state media reported Sunday. A reformist, Pezeshkian campaigned on promises of change, more social freedom and criticised heavy police enforcement.