The inauguration of Hassan Rouhani as the 7th president of Iran for his second term took place in two rounds, first on Thursday 3 August 2017, when he received his presidential precept from Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, and second on Saturday 5 August, when he was sworn into office in the Parliament of Iran. This marked the commencement of the second four-year term of Hassan Rouhani as president and his vice president. The oath of office was administered by Chief Justice Sadeq Larijani.

In a ceremony on 3 August 2017, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei formally endorsed Hassan Rouhani as president for a second four-year tenure. The ceremony, held at the Imam Khomeini Hussainia in Tehran, was attended by Parliament speaker Ali Larijani, Judiciary chief Sadeq Larijani and other senior military and government dignitaries. The practice, enshrined constitutionally, comes before Rouhani's inauguration on 5 August as president.^[2]

Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli, was first present a report on the 12th presidential election, followed by a reading of Rouhani's validation order by Mohammadi Golpayegani, Head of Ayatollah Khamenei's Office. The ceremony followed by a speech from President Rouhani and the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei.^[3] In comments following the endorsement, Rouhani pledged economic growth and employment.^[2][4]

The second part of the ceremony was held at the Iranian Parliament for the swearing-in of the president. The ceremony started at 5:00 p.m. local time (12:30 GMT), with an orchestra playing the national anthem. Several verses from the Quran were read as well, and then speaker of the country's Parliament Ali Larijani and head of the country's judiciary Sadeq Larijani addressed the guests of the ceremony.^{[citation needed]}

After that, Rouhani read and signed the text of the oath, and promised to use all his powers to protect the religion, order in the country and the constitution.^{[citation needed]} President Rouhani promised that in his second term, Iran will pursue a path of coexistence and interaction with the world. "Promoting constructive interaction with the world, deepening bonds with neighboring and regional countries, and developing cooperation with friendly states are not only an informed choice but also a necessity to improve international peace and security," he said. Rouhani also made a call for unity, saying it is time to act in unison to advance Iran. "I extend my hand to all those who seek the greatness of the country," he said.^[5]

The proposed lineup of Rouhani's second cabinet is to be unveiled within two weeks of the oath-taking ceremony. Rouhani was expected to announce his 18 ministerial nominees to the parliament for a vote of confidence after the inauguration, but Vice President for Parliamentary Affairs Hossein-Ali Amiri announced earlier that the list has not been finalized yet.^[5]

Foreign dignitaries

According to reports, the level of foreign dignitaries taking part in Rouhani's inauguration would be “unprecedented”.^[2] The following leaders attended the swearing in ceremony:

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Heads of state and government
Afghanistan	President	Ashraf Ghani	[6]
Armenia	President	Serzh Sargsyan	[7]
Iraq	President	Fuad Masum	[8]
Lesotho	King	Letsie III	[9]
Moldova	President	Igor Dodon	[10]
Qatar	Prime Minister	Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani	[11]
Swaziland	Prime Minister	Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini	[12]
Syria	Prime Minister	Imad Khamis	[13]
Zimbabwe	President	Robert Mugabe	[14]
Speakers
Azerbaijan	Speaker of Parliament	Ogtay Asadov	[15]
Austria	Vice Speaker of Parliament	Karlheinz Kopf	[16]
Belarus	Chairman of Senate	Mikhail Myasnikovich	[17]
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Speaker of Parliament	Šefik Džaferović	[16]
Cameroon	President of Senate	Marcel Niat Njifenji	[18]
Cambodia	Vice Speaker of Parliament	Nguon Nhel	[citation needed]
Cyprus	Speaker of Parliament	Demetris Syllouris	[18]
Czech Republic	Vice Speaker of Parliament	Vojtěch Filip	[16]
Gambia	Vice Speaker of Parliament	Mohammed Saneh Nayeb	[19]
Ghana	Vice Speaker of Parliament	Alban Samana	[19]
Hungary	Vice Speaker of Parliament	István Jakab	[18]
Iraq	Speaker of Parliament	Salim al-Jabouri	[20]
Lebanon	Speaker of Parliament	Nabih Berri	[21]
Madagascar	Speaker of Parliament	Jean-Max Rakotomamonjy	[citation needed]
Malaysia	Speaker of Parliament	Pandikar Amin Mulia	[22]
Mali	Speaker of Parliament	Issaka Sidibé	[23]
Niger	Vice Speaker of Parliament	Omar Yahya	[19]
North Korea	President of Presidium	Kim Yong-nam	[24]
Pakistan	Chairman of Senate	Raza Rabbani	[25]
Serbia	Speaker of Parliament	Maja Gojković	[26]
Sierra Leone	Vice Speaker of Parliament	Sheriff Hassan	[18]
South Korea	Speaker of Parliament	Chung Sye-kyun	[27]
Spain	President of Senate	Pío García-Escudero	[19]
Sri Lanka	Speaker of Parliament	Karu Jayasuriya	[28]
Tanzania	Speaker of Parliament	Job Ndugai	[29]
Uzbekistan	Chairman of Senate	Nigmatilla Yuldashev	[30]
Cabinet-level officials
Armenia	Foreign Minister	Eduard Nalbandyan	[31]
	Energy Minister	Ashot Manookian	[31]
Bolivia	Solicitor General	Héctor Enrique Arcé Zaconeta	[32]
DR Congo	Vice Prime Minister	Leonard She Okitundu	[33]
Croatia	Labour Minister	Marko Pavić	[34]
Cuba	Vice President	Ulises Rosales del Toro	[35]
France	Secretary of State	Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne	[36]
Georgia	Education Minister	Aleksandre Jejelava	[18]
Ghana	Vice President	Mahamudu Bawumia	[37]
	Information Minister	Mustapha Abdul-Hamid	[37]
	Business Minister	Ibrahim Mohammed Awal	[37]
	Development Minister	Abubakar Boniface Siddique	[37]
Ivory Coast	Vice President	Daniel Kablan Duncan	[18]
India	Road Transport Minister	Nitin Gadkari	[38]
Kazakhstan	Foreign Minister	Kairat Abdrakhmanov	[18]
Kyrgyzstan	Foreign Minister	Erlan Abdyldaev	[19]
Namibia	Land Reform Minister	Utoni Nujoma	[39]
Oman	Culture Minister	Haitham bin Tariq Al Said	[18]
Russia	Deputy Prime Minister	Dmitry Rogozin	[10]
São Tomé and Príncipe	Foreign Minister	Urbino Botelho	[18]
Senegal	Culture Minister	Mankor Injeai	[19]
South Africa	Security Minister	David Mahlobo	[23]
Tajikistan	Energy Minister	Usmonali Uzmonzoda
Togo	Foreign Minister	Robert Dussey	[40]
Turkey	Minister of Economy	Nihat Zeybekci	[41]
Turkmenistan	Foreign Minister	Raşit Meredow
Uganda	Deputy Prime Minister	Moses Ali	[42]
Venezuela	Foreign Minister	Samuel Moncada	[18]
Zimbabwe	Foreign Minister	Simbarashe Mumbengegwi	[43]
Ukraine	First Vice Prime Minister	Stepan Kubiv	[18]
Other government representatives
China	Chairman of Commission	He Lifeng	[7]
Comoros	Former President	Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi	[44]
Germany	Minister of State	Michael Roth	[18]
Greece	Deputy Foreign Minister	Ioannis Amanatidis	[28]
Holy See	Pope's Envoy	Alberto Ortega Martin	[45]
Ireland	Vice President	Connor O'Reilly	[46]
Italy	Deputy Foreign Minister	Vincenzo Amendola	[23]
Kuwait	Emir's Envoy	Yousif Al-Ibrahim	[47]
Lithuania	Envoy	Audrius Bruzga
Netherlands	Former Prime Minister	Wim Kok	[23]
Portugal	Chairman of APPG Iran	Adão José Fonseca Silva	[18]
South Africa	Deputy Foreign Minister	Nomaindia Mfeketo	[48]
Suriname	President's Envoy	Anwar Mohammed	[46]
United Kingdom	Minister of State	Alistair Burt	[49]
	Trade Envoy	Norman Lamont	[44]
	Chairman of APPG Iran	Richard Bacon	[50]
Multilateral organizations
European Union	High Representative	Federica Mogherini	[citation needed]
UNCTAD	Secretary-General	Mukhisa Kituyi	[citation needed]
UN Iran	Resident Coordinator	Gary Lewis	[51]
Eurasian Economic Commission	Chairman of the Board	Tigran Sargsyan	[52]
D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation	Secretary-General	Seyed Ali Mohammad Mousavi	[citation needed]
Inter-Parliamentary Union	Secretary-General	Saber Salim Chaudhry	[19]
Asian Parliamentary Assembly	Secretary-General	Mohammad Reza Majidi	[citation needed]
Parties/Non-state actors
Caucasian Muslims Office	Chairman	Allahshukur Pashazadeh	[53]
Hamas	Delegate	Ezzat Al-Rashq	[54]
Hezbollah	Deputy Secretary-General	Naim Qassem	[55]
Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine	Secretary-General	Ramadan Shalah	[55]
Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq	Chairman	Ammar al-Hakim	[8]
PFLP-GC	Secretary-General	Ahmed Jibril	[46]
PFLP	Delegate	Abu Ahmad Fouad	[46]

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