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Ahmadinejad sworn in as Iran's president: radio
Wed Aug 5, 2009 1:36am EDT
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TEHRAN (Reuters) - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was sworn in as Iran's president Wednesday, state radio reported, after a disputed re-election that has exposed a deep schism in the Islamic Republic's clerical establishment.
Despite intense political feuding, Ahmadinejad will take his oath of office before parliament and then has two weeks to present a cabinet to the conservative-dominated assembly for approval.
Opposition websites said supporters of Ahmadinejad's main rival, the moderate Mirhossein Mousavi, were planning to protest against the swearing-in ceremony.
A witness reported seeing hundreds of Mousavi supporters walking around the parliament building despite a heavy presence of riot police and Basij militia.
"But there is no clash," the witness said. "Mobile phones have been cut off."
The vote, which leading moderates say was rigged to secure Ahmadinejad's re-election, sparked Iran's worst unrest since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The authorities say the vote was "the healthiest" election since the revolution.
U.S. President Barack Obama and the leaders of France, Britain, Italy and Germany have all decided not to congratulate Ahmadinejad on his re-election.
But when asked whether Obama recognized Ahmadinejad as Iran's president, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said: "He's the elected leader."
Mousavi and fellow defeated moderate candidate Mehdi Karoubi reject the new government as illegitimate, defying Iran's most powerful figure, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who backed the election result and endorsed Ahmadinejad.
At a ceremony Monday, Khamenei described Ahmadinejad as "courageous, hardworking and wise."
Leading moderates, including former presidents Mohammad Khatami and Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, were absent from the ceremony and hundreds of Mousavi supporters gathered at several Tehran squares but were dispersed by riot police.
DISARRAY
At least 20 people have been killed since the June 12 election and hundreds have been arrested.
At a mass trial Saturday more than 100 reformists, including several prominent figures, faced charges that include acting against national security by fomenting post-election unrest.
The next session of the trial, denounced as a "show trial" by Khatami and Mousavi, will be held Thursday. Continued...
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