Masoud Pezeshkian

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian on the sidelines of a cultural forum dedicated to the 300th anniversary of the birth of the Turkmen poet and philosopher Magtymguly Fragi, in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan October 11, 2024. Photo: Sputnik/Alexander Scherbak/Pool via REUTERS
Asia

Russia's Putin cements ties with Iranian president in Central Asia meeting

At odds with Washington and the European Union over Russia's war in Ukraine, something he casts as part of a wider existential struggle against an arrogant and self-interested West - Putin is...

Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian looks on, on the sidelines of the 79th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, US, September 24, 2024. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs/File Photo
Middle East

Iran's president denounces Israeli attacks on Tehran's regional allies

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei gives a Presidential decree to Iran's new president, Masoud Pezeshkian, during an endorsement ceremony in Tehran, Iran, July 28, 2024. Photo: Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS
Middle East

Khamenei officially endorses relative moderate as Iran's president

Iran's President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian speaks during a gathering with his supporters at the shrine of Iran's late leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, in south of Tehran, Iran July 6, 2024. Photo:Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS /File Photo
Politics

Iran's Pezeshkian rejects US pressure, praises Russia, China

Presidential candidate Masoud Pezeshkian votes at a polling station in a snap presidential election to choose a successor to Ebrahim Raisi following his death in a helicopter crash, in Tehran, Iran June 28, 2024. Photo: Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS
Politics

Who is Masoud Pezeshkian? A heart surgeon now Iran's president-elect

Iranian presidential candidate Masoud Pezeshkian waves at the crowd during the run-off presidential election between him and Saeed Jalili, in Tehran, Iran, July 5, 2024. Saeed Zareian/pool/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS
Politics

Iran's Pezeshkian brings hopes of moderation after routing hardline rival

Iranian presidential candidate Masoud Pezeshkian waves during a campaign event in Tehran, Iran, July 3, 2024. Photo: Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS/ File Photo
Politics

Moderate Pezeshkian wins Iran's presidential race