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Ansari to represent India at swearing in of Iranian Prez

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
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.

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First Published: Aug 01 2013 | 12:40 PM IST

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