DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani picked a cabinet of experienced technocrats as he took the oath of office on Sunday, saying he hoped confidence-building with foreign powers would help resolve the nuclear dispute and ease international sanctions.
Since his election by a wide margin over conservative rivals in June, many inside and outside Iran have pinned their hopes of a diplomatic resolution to the dispute over Tehran's nuclear programme on Rouhani, a cleric whose watch-word is moderation, but who is still very much an Islamic Republic insider.
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