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Masoud Pezeshkian

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

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian doesn't have authority over his country's military matters. Reuters

It’s not clear who is really in control in Iran

EditorialMarch 09, 2026
People enjoy their time at the beach outside the port city of Bandar Anzali in Iran on Tuesday. AP

For Iran, 2026 is going to be the year of the unknown

CommentDecember 24, 2025
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
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