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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.
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.
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 world and ease restrictions on social freedoms at ...
Iran votes for new president amid voter apathy, mounting pressure ... Parisa Hafezi. June 28, 2024 at 1:30 PM. By Parisa Hafezi ... Just 48% of voters participated in the 2021 presidential ...
The stances by Pezeshkian, now Iran's 69-year-old president-elect, highlight the Skip to main content ... 2024 at 11:22 PM. DUBAI, ... but withdrew his candidacy. In 2021, he found himself and ...
He succeeded Hassan Rouhani, who served eight years in office from 2013 to 2021. [citation needed] On May 19, 2024, a helicopter carrying Raisi crashed in the East Azerbaijan Province of Iran. There were no survivors at the crash site. [7] Raisi was the second president of Iran to have died in office. [5]
Iran’s new president, Massoud Pezeshkian, traveled to the U.S. last week to present a moderate, rational face of the regime to the world. He claimed in a speech at the United Nations General ...