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Masoud Pezeshkian
مسعود پزشکیان
Pezeshkian in 2024
9th President of Iran
Assumed office
28 July 2024
Vice PresidentMohammad Reza Aref
Supreme LeaderAli Khamenei
Preceded byMohammad Mokhber (acting)
Member of the Consultative Assembly
In office
27 May 2008 – 28 July 2024
ConstituencyTabriz, Osku and Azarshahr, (East Azerbaijan)
Majority261,605 (36.27%)
Minister of Health and Medical Education
In office
22 August 2001 – 24 August 2005
PresidentMohammad Khatami
Preceded byMohammad Farhadi
Succeeded byKamran Bagheri Lankarani
Personal details
Born (1954-09-29) 29 September 1954 (age 70)
Mahabad, Imperial State of Iran
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations		Reformists
Children4[1]
Alma materTabriz University of Medical Sciences (MBBS)
Iran University of Medical Sciences
ProfessionHeart surgeon
Signature
Websitedrpezeshkian.ir
Military service
Allegiance Iran
Branch/serviceIRGC
Battles/warsIran–Iraq War

Masoud Pezeshkian (Persian: مسعود پزشکیان; born 29 September 1954) is an Iranian cardiac surgeon and politician who is the 9th and current president of Iran since 2024.[2] In 2008, he was elected to the Islamic Consultative Assembly. He identifies as a reformist and a centrist, even though he is politically independent.[2]

As the only reformist in the 2024 election, Pezeshkian advanced to the run-off having won 40% in the first round. He would go on to defeat conservative principlist Saeed Jalili in the run-off. At the age of 69, Pezeshkian is the oldest person to become president of Iran.[3]

Before entering politics, Pezeshkian was a cardiac surgeon and was the Minister of Health and Medical Education from 2001 to 2005 during the Mohammad Khatami presidency.[4] He unsuccessfully ran for president twice in 2013 and 2021.

Early life

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Pezeshkian was born in Mahabad, West Azerbaijan, on 29 September 1954[5] to an Iranian Azerbaijani father and Iranian Kurdish mother.[6]

During the Iran–Iraq War (1980–1988), Pezeshkian frequently visited the front lines, where he was responsible for sending medical teams and working as a fighter and doctor. After the war, he continued his education, graduating from Tabriz University of Medical Sciences. In 1993, he graduated from Iran University of Medical Sciences. He later became a specialist in heart surgery, leading him to become president of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences in 1994.[7]

Political career

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Pezeshkian was elected to the Parliament of Iran in 2008. Before, he was a heart surgeon.[8] He also was its First Deputy Speaker from 2016 to 2020. He was Minister of Health and Medical Education between 2001 and 2005 in the Government of Mohammad Khatami.[9]

Pezeshkian was elected governor of Piranshahr and Naghadeh counties in West Azerbaijan province during the 1980s.[10]

Pezeshkian ran in the 2013 presidential election, but withdrew. He ran again in the 2021 election, but was rejected.[11]

Presidency

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Pezeshkian ran for president again in 2024, this time his candidacy was approved. He won the 2024 presidential election in a runoff with 54.76% of the popular vote.[12][13] He is the oldest person to take the office of President of Iran at the age of 69 years.[3]

Pezeshkian was formally appointed as the President of Iran on 28 July 2024.[14] He was inaugurated as president on 30 July 2024.[15]

Personal life

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Pezeshkian's wife was a gynecologist.[16] In 1993, she died along with their youngest son in a car crash.[17] He raised his remaining two sons and daughter alone and has never remarried.

Views

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Pezeshkian has criticized the Iranian system multiple times. During the 2009 post-election protests, in a speech, Pezeshkian criticized the way the protesters were treated.[18]

Pezeshkian considered Iran's method of managing the 2018 protests as "scientifically and intellectually wrong". He blamed the country's system for all the events and said: "We should have done better."[19]

After the 2022 protests, Pezeshkian wanted to create a team to investigate the death of Mahsa Amini. Although he thought that the way of dealing with the protesters and their trial was against the country's constitution and said they should have lawyers, he later issued a statement, condemned the protests and did not consider it to be in the people's interest.[20]

Pezeshkian has supported restarting talks with the United States over the nuclear program of Iran and that he would want to restart the agreement it reached with the U.S. and other world powers in 2015, in exchange for lifting sanctions against Iran.[21]

He has supported building good relationships with all countries except for Israel.[22]

Pezeshkian supports the rights of ethnic groups such as Azeris, Kurds, and Baluchis and states that the rights of these groups should be protected.[23]

References

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  1. ↑ Ahangar, Ali. "مسعود پزشكيان؛ كسي كه مثل هيچ كس نيست". Etemaad Daily. Archived from the original on 11 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Centrist Masoud Pezeshkian will be Iran's next president". Al Jazeera. 6 July 2024. Archived from the original on 6 July 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Molaei, Niloofar (6 July 2024). "پزشکیان در کنار آیت الله خامنه ای رکورد زد /کدام شهرها رئیس جمهورساز بوده اند؟ +جدول" (in Persian). KhabarOnline. Archived from the original on 6 July 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  4. ↑ "Masoud Pezeshkian: the heart surgeon who became Iran's president-elect". The Financial Times. 7 July 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  5. ↑ "مسعود پزشکیان کیست؟" [Who is Masoud Pezeshkian?]. Entekhab (in Persian). 21 May 2024. Archived from the original on 18 June 2024. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  6. ↑ Editorial (14 June 2024). "The Guardian view on Iran's presidential election: more choice, but little real hope of change". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 18 June 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  7. ↑ "در مورد مسعود پزشکیان در ویکی‌تابناک بیشتر بخوانید". www.tabnak.ir. Archived from the original on 30 May 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  8. ↑ "در مورد مسعود پزشکیان در ویکی‌تابناک بیشتر بخوانید". www.tabnak.ir. Archived from the original on 30 May 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  9. ↑ "در مورد مسعود پزشکیان در ویکی‌تابناک بیشتر بخوانید" [Who is Masoud Pezeshkian?]. www.tabnak.ir (in Persian). Archived from the original on 30 May 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  10. ↑ "Iran International". Archived from the original on 8 July 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  11. ↑ "افراد ردصلاحیت‌شده فقط توانستند یک نامه بنویسند". Iranian Labour News Agency. 1 March 2016. Archived from the original on 3 July 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
  12. ↑ "Reformist lawmaker Masoud Pezeshkian wins Iran's presidential vote". CNN. Archived from the original on 6 July 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  13. ↑ Pezeshkian To Be Sworn In As Iran's President Early Next Month Radio Free Europe.By RFE et al. 7 July 2024. Retrieved 8 july 2024.
  14. ↑ "Iran's Khamenei formally grants Masoud Pezeshkian presidential powers". Agence France-Presse. The Hindu. 2024-07-28. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
  15. ↑ "Iran's Pezeshkian swearing-in ceremony to be held on July 30". Mehr News Agency. 2024-07-10. Retrieved 2024-07-10.
  16. ↑ "مقام‌های جمهوری اسلامی و همسرانشان؛ مردان نام‌دار و زنان 'بی‌نام'". BBC News فارسی (in Persian). Archived from the original on 10 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  17. ↑ Wintour, Patrick (6 July 2024). "Masoud Pezeshkian: the former heart surgeon who became president of Iran". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 7 July 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  18. ↑ Mehrabi, Ehsan (10 June 2024). "Who is Masoud Pezeshkian, the Only Pro-Reform Candidate?". Iran Wire. Archived from the original on 17 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  19. ↑ "انتخابات ریاست‌جمهوری ایران؛ مهدی کروبی از نامزدی مسعود پزشکیان حمایت کرد". BBC News فارسی (in Persian). 19 June 2024. Archived from the original on 20 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  20. ↑ Dagres, Holly (19 June 2024). "Masoud Pezeshkian is a possible game changer in the upcoming Iranian presidential election". Atlantic Council. Archived from the original on 20 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  21. ↑ Motevalli, Golnar; Shahla, Arslan (6 July 2024). "Iran Elects President Who Wants to Revive Nuclear Talks With West". Bloomberg. Archived from the original on 6 July 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  22. ↑ "Iranian reformist Masoud Pezeshkian wins presidential election". The Times of Israel. 6 July 2024. Archived from the original on 6 July 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  23. ↑ رادیوفردا (25 April 2018). "پزشکیان: اصل ۱۵ قانون اساسی برای همه اجرا شود". رادیو فردا (in Persian). Archived from the original on 14 June 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2024.

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