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Hamid Ansari to represent India at swearing-in of Iran prez
New Delhi, Aug 1: India will be represented by Vice President Hamid Ansari at the inauguration ceremony of new Iranian President Hasan Rouhani on August 4.
The
Vice
President
will
be
travelling
to
Tehran
to
attend
the
ceremony,
official
sources
said
today.
Rouhani, who won a landslide victory in the June 14 presidential election, will be sworn in on August 4.
He succeeds President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Iran has sent invitations to world leaders to attend Rouhani's inauguration.
PTI
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