Ebrahim Raisi sworn in as Iran’s eighth president

New president reiterates stance that boosting relations with regional neighbours top of his foreign policy.

Tehran, Iran – Ebrahim Raisi has been sworn in as Iran’s eighth president. At the ceremony in the country’s parliament in Tehran on Thursday, Raisi, with a hand on a Quran, read the inauguration oath before adding that he will make Iran stronger and engage with the world. The 60-year-old Raisi, who is a frontrunner to replace the 82-year-old Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said Iranians want him to maintain the country’s independence and resist foreign bullying.