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Early presidential elections in Iran were held on 28 June and 5 July 2024 [1] following the death of incumbent president Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash on 19 May. [2]Four candidates contested the first round of the election, in which Masoud Pezeshkian won 44%, Saeed Jalili won 40%, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf won 14% and Mostafa Pourmohammadi won less than 1% of the vote.
Masoud Pezeshkian [a] (born 29 September 1954) is an Iranian politician and physician who has been serving as the ninth president of Iran since 28 July 2024. [2]Pezeshkian served as governor of Piranshahr and Naghadeh counties and was elected to the Iranian parliament five times, representing Tabriz, Osku and Azarshahr electoral district.
This is a list of the presidents of the Islamic Republic of Iran since the establishment of that office in 1980. The president of Iran is the highest popularly elected official in the country. The current president, Masoud Pezeshkian has been in office since 28 July 2024 after winning the 2024 Iranian presidential election.
July 30, 2024 at 11:50 AM. DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's new president Masoud Pezeshkian was sworn in on Tuesday, after winning an election earlier this month by promising to improve ties with the ...
July 5, 2024 at 11:22 PM. DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — After the 2022 death of Mahsa Amini, ... The stances by Pezeshkian, now Iran's 69-year-old president-elect, highlight the dualities ...
Masoud Pezeshkian is the ninth President of Iran.He took the position on 28 July, after the presidential election that was held in Iran in June–July 2024. [1] [2] His presidential decree was signed on July 28, 2024, by the leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ali Khamenei, and his government formally started its work.
July 13, 2024 at 8:02 AM. TEHRAN, Iran (AP) ... Besides regional turmoil and tense relations over Iran's nuclear program, Iran's president faces many challenges locally. He must now convince an ...
Iran seizes the MSC Aries, a Portuguese-registered, Madeira-flagged container ship leased by MSC from Gortal Shipping, which is an affiliate of Zodiac Maritime, [26] whose principal is an Israeli. [27] 2024 Iranian strikes in Israel: Iran launches between 400 and 500 drones and cruise missiles at Israel from Iran, Iraq, Syria, southern Lebanon ...