TEHRAN - The spokesman of the presiding board of the parliament said that with the election of Masoud Pezeshkian as the president and the holding of the inauguration ceremony in August, there is no longer a need for symbolic resignation from the Islamic Consultative Assembly.

In recent days, some individuals had stated that before the inauguration of the president, a session to review the resignation of Masoud Pezeshkian from the parliament should be held. Alireza Salimi, a member of the presiding board of the parliament, rejected that and explained the issue.

The procedure regarding the election of the Leader and also Hashemi Rafsanjani as the president did not involve raising the issue of resignation in the parliament. Also, after the people's vote and the inauguration ceremony, there is no longer need to raise the issue of symbolic resignation in the Islamic Consultative Assembly.

Masoud Pezeshkian, the representative of the people of Tabriz in the Islamic Consultative Assembly, was elected as the president in the nationwide elections on July 5th.