Syrian PM to attend Rouhani's swearing-in ceremony in Tehran

Syria’s Ambassador to Tehran Adnan Mahmoud said Syrian Prime Minister Wael Nader al-Halqi will attend the swearing-in ceremony of Iran's president-elect Hassan Rouhani. Mahmoud said on Saturday that the Syrian premier will travel to Tehran, as the head of a high-ranking delegation to attend Rouhani’s inauguration ceremony. Rouhani emerged victorious in Iran's June 14 presidential election, which was marked by a high voter turnout. He won 50.7 percent of a total of 36, 704, 156 ballots counted. The Interior Ministry put voter turnout at 72.7 percent. The Iranian president-elect currently represents Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei in the Supreme National Security Council and is also a member of the Expediency Council and the Assembly of Experts. He is the president of the Expediency Council's Center for Strategic Research as well.