ArmInfo.Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan will pay a working visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran on August 5.
According to the press service of the Prime Minister, Pashinyan will meet with the newly elected President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi. The head of the Armenian government will take part in the oath-taking ceremony by the new President of Iran.
To recall, the President of the Supreme Court of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi, was elected president of the country following the elections. He received significantly more votes than his three rivals. 17.9 million people voted for Raisi, which is almost 62% of voters. 60-year-old ultra-conservative Raisi has been the head of the Iranian judiciary since 2019, before that he was the prosecutor general. He holds the highest rank of Shiite clergy. In 2017, Raisi already attempted to become president, but lost to Hassan Rouhani.