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Iranian President-Elect to Form New Government by End of August

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Iranian President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian is expected to form the country's new government by the end of August, following his inauguration scheduled between August 2 and 5, Alireza Salimi, spokesman for the Iranian Parliament's presiding board, said on Tuesday.
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"The inauguration ceremony will take place between August 2 and 5 ... After the ceremony, the president has two weeks to present his government," Salimi was quoted as saying by the ILNA news agency.
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On Saturday, Iranian election headquarters spokesman Mohsen Eslami said that Pezeshkian won the second round of the country's snap presidential election. The election was called after President Ebrahim Raisi died in a helicopter crash in Iran's mountainous north in May.
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