India accepts Iran's invitation for swearing-in of President-elect Ebrahim Raisi

Iran has invited India for the swearing-in ceremony of the newly elected President Ebrahim Raisi. India has accepted the invitation. However, it is yet to be decided who will represent New Delhi at the Iranian president's oath-taking ceremony.

India has accepted Iran's invitation for the swearing-in ceremony of President-elect Ebrahim Raisi. The invitation was extended at a meeting between Raisi and India's External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday when the latter was on a brief stopover in Tehran on his way to Russia for a three-day visit. Thank President-elect Ebrahim Raisi for his gracious welcome. Handed over a personal message from PM @narendramodi. Appreciate his warm sentiments for India. Deeply value his strong commitment to strengthen our bilateral ties and expand cooperation on regional and global issues. pic.twitter.com/Ef7iEutkZi Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, who is in Iran to deliver a written congratulatory message from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Iranian President-elect Ayatollah Seyyed Ebrahim #Raisi met with Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Wednesday afternoon. pic.twitter.com/nyjXM20VNG Ebrahim Raisi, a hard-line cleric known to be close to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khameini, was elected for the top post after winning 61.95 per cent of the votes in the presidential elections, which were marred by allegations of not being “free and fair”.