Hassan Rouhani was sworn in as Iran’s 12th president in Teheran in the presence of the country’s high-ranking officials as well as leaders and senior politicians from around the world. Rouhani, 68, a moderate cleric, was first elected in 2013 with nearly 51 percent of the vote. In the 2017 presidential election held on May 19, 2017, he secured 72 percent of the vote.