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Masoud Pezeshkian will try to convince a public angered by years of economic pain and bloody crackdowns that he can fulfill his promised changes.
Relative moderate Masoud Pezeshkian urged people on Saturday to stick with him on "the difficult road ahead" after beating a hardline rival to win Iran's presidential election. Friday's run-off vote was between Pezeshkian,
President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian thanked the Iranian people in his victory speech in Tehran on Saturday, where he vowed to serve everyone and be a “voice of the voiceless.” CNN’s Fred Pleitgen reports.
Pezeshkian has pledged no major changes to Iran's Shiite theocracy and, in any case, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has the final say over the Islamic Republic's policy. But a regional expert told Newsweek that Pezeshkian could usher in "some important changes" in foreign policy.
Under Iran's dual system of clerical and republican rule, the president cannot usher in any major policy shift on Iran's nuclear programme or support for militia groups across the
He has given some of the nation's younger generation hope at a time when many were despondent about their future. Some were even planning to leave the country to seek a better life elsewhere. Continue reading Representing the city of Tabriz in the Iranian parliament since 2008,
The low-profile moderate Masoud Pezeshkian, who has pledged to open Iran to the world and deliver freedoms its people have yearned for, has won the country's run-off presidential vote, the interior ministry said on Saturday.
Reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian has won Iran’s presidential election, Iranian state news agency Press TV reported Saturday citing the country’s election headquarters, beating his hardline rival in a pivotal vote at a time of tensions at home and abroad.
Reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian won Iran’s runoff presidential election Saturday, besting hard-liner Saeed Jalili by promising to reach out to the West and ease enforcement on the country’s mandatory headscarf law after years of sanctions and protests squeezing the Islamic Republic.
Iran's President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian vows to 'serve all Iranians' in a victory speech.
Iran's president-elect, low-profile moderate Masoud Pezeshkian, carries the hopes of millions of Iranians seeking less restrictions on social freedoms and a more pragmatic foreign policy.
Masoud Pezeshkian, un cirujano cardiaco que estuvo en el Parlamento, es el presidente electo de Irán
Después del fallecimiento de Mahsa Amini en 2022, el legislador iraní Masoud Pezeshkian escribió que era “inaceptable en la república islámica arrestar a una chica por su hiyab y luego entregarle su cadáver a su familia”.
Reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian has won Iran’s presidential election after pledging to re-engage with the west to secure sanctions relief and to relax social restrictions in the Islamic republic.
In an election upset in Iran, the reformist candidate, Masoud Pezeshkian, who advocated for moderate policies at home and improved relations with the West, won the presidential runoff election, beating his hard-line rival,
Masoud Pezeshkian, a 69-year-old heart surgeon who wants to revive the nuclear deal with the West, was voted president of Iran following a snap election that underscored major challenges facing the country’s clerical leadership.
An outspoken Iranian lawyer who has publicly criticized how the government handled the 2022 protests has been arrested, state media reported Sunday. The unrest at the time followed the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini who was detained by the police for allegedly not properly wearing her mandatory hijab.
"We make promises and we fail to fulfill them. This is the biggest problem we have,” Pezeshkian said in his first speech as Iran's new president.
Reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian has won Iran’s runoff presidential election, besting hard-liner Saeed Jalili. Pezeshkian has promised to reach out to the West and ease enforcement on the country
There reportedly is doubt among many Iranians that the 69-year-old heart surgeon can keep his campaign promises to make modest reforms
Iran's reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian, who advocates improved ties with the West, on Saturday won a runoff presidential election against ultraconservative Saeed Jalili, the interior ministry said.
Reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian unexpectedly won Iran's presidential election with 16.3 million votes during Friday's runoff election.
Pezeshkian promised no radical changes to Iran's Shiite theocracy in his campaign and long has held Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as the final arbiter of all matters of state in the country. But even Pezeshkian's modest aims will be challenged by an Iranian government still largely held by hard-liners,
Reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian won Iran’s runoff presidential election Saturday, besting hard-liner Saeed Jalili by promising to reach out to the West and ease enforcement on the country’s mandatory headscarf law after years of sanctions and protests squeezing the Islamic Republic.
Reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian beat hard-liner Saeed Jalili in the runoff election to replace the late president who was killed in a helicopter crash in May.
Iran held a runoff presidential election on Friday that pitted a hard-line former nuclear negotiator against a reformist lawmaker after the first round of voting saw the lowest turnout in the Islamic Republic's history.
Tehran residents say they're happy after moderate Pezeshkian wins presidential election"Honestly speaking, I just hope the expensiveness decreases, and jobs are easily found for young people, and that's it,
Iran's new president comes to power amid a time when tensions are high in the Middle East due to the Israel-Hamas war.
Iran reformist Masoud Pezeshkian, a heart surgeon and lawmaker promising outreach to the West, wins presidential runoff.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has congratulated Masoud Pezeshkian, a political moderate, on winning the presidency. "I call on everyone to work together," said Khamenei, who wields ultimate power in Iran and has final say on all matters of state.
After the 2022 death of Mahsa Amini, Iranian lawmaker Masoud Pezeshkian wrote that it was “unacceptable in the Islamic Republic to arrest a girl for her hijab and then hand over her dead body to her family.
Aided by record low turnout and deep frustration with Iran’s ruling class, little known reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian defeated prominent ultraconservative Saeed Jalili to become the next president of Iran.
Reformist candidate and heart surgeon Masoud Pezeshkian has won Iran's presidential election after beating his ultra-conservative rival Saeed Jalili in a run-off vote. Iran's electoral authority said on Saturday that Pezeshkian,
The United States has criticized Iran’s presidential election as neither free nor fair, saying it likely would not change the Islamic Republic’s stance on human rights
Pezeshkian's win still sees Iran at a delicate moment, with tensions high in the Mideast over the Israel-Hamas war, Iran's advancing nuclear program, and a looming election in the United States that could put any chance of a detente between Tehran and Washington at risk.
Masoud Pezeshkian, Iran's only reformist candidate in the latest presidential election, has risen from relative obscurity to become the ninth president of the Islamic republic.In the lead-up to the elections,
Reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian won Iran's runoff presidential election Saturday, besting hard-liner Saeed Jalili.
Iranians have picked reformist Masoud Pezeshkian as the Islamic republic's next president in a election to replace Ebrahim Raisi who was killed in a helicopter crash in May.
He promises no radical changes to the Islamic Republic’s Shiite theocracy and holds Ayatollah Khameini as the final arbiter of all matters of state.
Storyline: Iranian voters expressed their expectations about the country's future domestic and foreign policies, as the second round of Iran's presidential election just ended,
Assad, for whom Tehran is a top ally, on Saturday congratulated Iran's reformist president-elect Masoud Pezeshkian after his victory in a presidential runoff.
Reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian beat hard-liner Saeed Jalili in the runoff election to replace the late president who was killed in a helicopter crash in May.
Reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian’s lead against hard-liner Saeed Jalili widened early Saturday to over 2 million votes in the ongoing tally for
Russian leader Vladimir Putin congratulated Iran's reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian on his victory in a presidential runoff, the Kremlin said on Saturday.
Iran's reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian held an early lead Saturday in a runoff presidential election against ultraconservative Saeed Jalili, according to early results released by the interior ministry.