ILNA: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei formally approved the second term presidency of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday.

The official ceremony was held and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei approved Mr. Ahmadinejad’s presidency.
Khamenei has endorsed the June 12 election result and demanded an end to protests.
Top Iranian officials including pralimentry speaker Ali Larijani, Ayatollah Hasshemi shahroudi head of judiciary , Mohsen Rezaie ex-presidency candidate, army officials and a number of foreign guests attended the ceremony in Imam Khomeini center in Tehran.
Alalam news agency reported reformist figure MirHossein Moussavi , Mehdi Karroubi and head of expediency council Hasshemi Rafsanjani and former Iran president Mohammad Khatami did not attended the ceremony.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to be sworn in by parliament on Wednesday.
He then has two weeks to submit his cabinet list to the mostly conservative parliament.