LIVE: Iran swears in new President Ebrahim Raisi (ENGLISH)

Ebrahim Raisi will be sworn in as the new president of Iran in Tehran on Thursday, August 5. Iranians headed to the polls on June 18 to elect a successor to President Hassan Rouhani, who has served the maximum two four-year terms allowed by the constitution. Judiciary head and conservative cleric Raisi won the Islamic Republic presidential election amid a voter turnout rate of 48.8 percent.​