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          Masoud Pezeshkian

          Masoud Pezeshkian is the President of Iran. He replaced Ebrahim Raisi who died in a helicopter crash in May 2024

          Iran was a notable absence from the Gaza peace summit held in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, on Monday. Getty

          Skipping Trump's Gaza peace summit shows Iran's lack of diplomatic resolve

          CommentOctober 14, 2025
          A man walks past an electronic board displaying currency exchange rates in Ferdowsi Square in Tehran on earlier this week. AFP

          Following UN sanctions, Iran's leaders should forge a new way forward

          CommentOctober 02, 2025
          A protester holds a portrait of Mahsa Amini at a demonstration at the Iranian embassy in Brussels following her death in September 2022. AFP

          Three years after Mahsa Amini's death, there's no going back for Iran

          CommentSeptember 17, 2025
          A young boy cools down in a pool in a square in downtown Tehran. Reuters

          Is Iran running out of water?

          CommentAugust 06, 2025
          It is likely Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi will resume nuclear talks with US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff. EPA

          Regardless of its rhetoric, Iran clearly wants to resume talking to Trump

          CommentJuly 11, 2025
          An anti-US mural near the former American embassy in Tehran on Sunday. Iran's leaders insist their country's right to nuclear enrichment is 'non-negotiable'. AFP

          Iran's in the mood to make a deal with Trump

          CommentMay 14, 2025
          Mohammad Javad Zarif, forced to resign as Iran's vice president for strategic affairs this month, speaks at the World Economic Forum in Davos in January. AFP

          Iran’s reformists have a lot to feel despondent about

          CommentMarch 20, 2025
          An Iranian man holds a copy of Iranian daily newspaper Sazandegi carrying picture of US President Donald Trump and a title reading 'Again Trump' in a kiosk in Tehran last month. EPA

          For Trump, the debate in Iran around tackling financial crimes presents an opening

          CommentFebruary 06, 2025
          Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi addresses members of the press before an emergency Un Security Council meeting last month. EPA

          To avoid war with Israel, Iran needs the 'Great Satan' on its side

          CommentOctober 17, 2024
          Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian, centre, visits the shrine of Imam Ali in the southern Iraqi city of Najaf on September 12. It was his first foreign trip as Iran's president. AP

          Pezeshkian's Iraq visit was rich in symbolism, but what did it amount to?

          CommentSeptember 19, 2024
          In Parliament on Wednesday, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian appealed to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's authority. AFP

          Pezeshkian's cabinet picks don't match his call for change in Iran

          CommentAugust 22, 2024
          Mohammad Javad Zarif was in charge of forming the committees to choose the new ministers under President Masoud Pezeshkian. AP

          Iran's strategic affairs deputy resigns over cabinet choices

          MENAAugust 12, 2024
          Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, centre, next to Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, leads prayers for Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas and his bodyguard at a funeral procession in Tehran on August 1. AFP

          Ismail Haniyeh's killing: can Iran fill its intelligence gaps?

          CommentAugust 07, 2024
          Houthi supporters hold placards with pictures of late Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh and Hezbollah senior commander Fouad Shukr during a protest, in Sanaa, Yemen, on August 2. EPA

          In the Iran-Israel calculus, strategic patience could pay off

          CommentAugust 04, 2024
          Both Masoud Pezeshkian, left, and Joe Biden pushed through their grief and went on to climb to the highest elected posts in the land. AP; Reuters

          Biden and Pezeshkian are uniquely qualified to revive US-Iran ties

          CommentJuly 26, 2024
          Masoud Pezeshkian will bank on Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's support to get his cabinet picks approved by Iran's Parliament. AFP

          Pezeshkian's push for a diverse cabinet has exposed divisions in Iran

          CommentJuly 25, 2024
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