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By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI (Reuters) -Hardline Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi took the oath of office before parliament on Thursday, with the Islamic Republic’s clerical rulers facing growing crises at home and abroad. The mid-ranking Shi’ite cleric formally started his four-year term on Tuesday when supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei endorsed his victory in the June election, when most prominent rivals were barred from standing. With Raisi’s presidency, all branches of power in Iran will be controlled by anti-Western hardliners loyal to Khamenei. “In the presence of the holy Koran and before …