Ahmadinejad to be sworn in on Aug 5

TEHRAN (AFP) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is due to be sworn in on August 5 for a second term, a prominent MP said on Sunday, amid allegations that he was fraudulently re-elected.
The president will be sworn in next Wednesday, August 5, Hamid Reza Haji-Babai told Mehr news agency, adding that Ahmadinejad is obliged to unveil his cabinet within two weeks of that day.
Under Iranian law, the president has to be officially endorsed in a ceremony by supreme leader Khamenei before being sworn in.
Khamenei has strongly backed Ahmadinejads re-election and dismissed vote rigging allegations by the opposition spearheaded by the presidents main challenger Mir Hossein Mousavi.
Iran has been plunged into its worst crisis in three decades with massive street protests and deadly clashes with security forces over the disputed re-election of Ahmadinejad.
Meanwhile, an Iranian student arrested in protests against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejads re-election has died in jail, a newspaper said on Sunday, the second such death reported in recent days.
Amir Javadifar, a student of industrial management in Qazvin (city) died in prison, the reformist Etemad newspaper said, adding that his family has been asked to come for the body Sunday morning.
Etemad said Javadifar had been arrested in July 9 protests and had injuries in his arm and nose but it did not elaborate on the cause of death.
Newspapers reported on Saturday that Mohsen Ruholamini, 25, who had also been arrested on July 9 when thousands of protesters took to the streets on the anniversary of a bloody student uprising in 1999, also died in custody.