Ahmadinejad Sworn in for 2nd Term as Iran’s President

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NewYorkTimes

[quote]With his adversaries shunning the ceremony and security forces on the streets, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was sworn into office for a second term Wednesday, almost two months after elections that divided the nation and sparked Iran’s deepest crisis since the Islamic revolution 30 years ago.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, embraced Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi during the swearing-in ceremony for his second term in an open session of parliament, in Tehran on Wednesday.

Protests erupted outside the parliament building as he was inaugurated, with several people arrested and police using pepper spray to disperse demonstrators, according to news reports. Severe reporting restrictions in Iran hindered efforts to gauge the scale of the demonstration.

The official IRNA news agency said there was no “disturbance of the peaceâ€