As newly elected President Masoud Pezeshkian formed his cabinet, the country’s Supreme Leader—widely recognized as the ultimate authority in Iran—made a vain effort to appear detached from the selection process.
Amir Ali Hajizadeh, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force, touted Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei as the ultimate winner in Iran’s recent presidential election.
Iran's President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian will be officially inaugurated on Sunday, July 28, as the next president in a ceremony called Tanfiz, hosted by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
As Iran’s new president, Masoud Pezeshkian, was elected, most Western media outlets not only reported the news but willingly accepted the veracity of the election, once again provoking criticism from many Iranians.
Last Friday's presidential election in the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) serves as a stark reminder that the country’s electoral process is neither free nor fair.
Supporters of Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf and Saeed Jalili are fiercely blaming each other for the defeat of the so-called ‘revolutionary front’ in the elections against Masoud Pezeshkian backed by reformists.
With Masoud Pezeshkian announced as the winner of Iran’s snap election, which followed the sudden death of President Ebrahim Raisi, uncertainties remain about when he will assume office and form the new government.
Iran has accused the United States of "interfering" with its political affairs during a weekly briefing on Monday after a US spokesman said the recent presidential elections were "not free or fair".
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed hopes for a positive development in Turkey-Iran relations under the new president-elect, leveraging Masoud Pezeshkian's ethnic background as a potential diplomatic bridge.
UN Special Rapporteur Javaid Rehman says due to systemic issues within Iran's judicial system, a change in presidency is unlikely to improve the country's human rights situation.
During both the presidential election and the runoff, diaspora Iranians gathered outside polling stations abroad to voice their disapproval, arguing that voting would lend legitimacy to the Islamic Republic.
Saeed Laylaz, a supporter of president-elect, Masoud Pezeshkian, said it would not be in his interest to act without the lead of the Supreme Leader on foreign policy.
The official results of Iran’s presidential election runoff have been announced, yet doubts have emerged regarding the veracity of the figures.
The Iranian elections will not have a major impact on the Biden administration's approach to Iran, a US State Department spokesperson told Iran International on Saturday, a day after moderate Masoud Pezeshkian won the country's run-off presidential vote.
The European Union offered an olive branch to Iran's president-elect Masoud Pezeshkian amid warnings by Iranian opposition figures and dissidents against any "appeasement" with the Islamic Republic's new government.
Iran's President-Elect Massoud Pezeshkian began his challenging journey to the presidency just one day after his comfortable victory in the July 5 runoff election.
As Masoud Pezeshkian was named Iran's next president, his presidential rivals sent messages of congratulations as the Supreme Leader called for government unity.
In Episode 5 of 'Eye for Iran', we discuss the Arab League’s decision to remove Hezbollah from its terror list and also the record-low voter turnout in the first round of Iran's presidential election.
Iran's top Sunni cleric Mowlavi Abdolhamid has warned president-elect Masoud Pezeshkian that Iranians are "exhausted" and are losing patience with the country's ongoing issues.
Iran’s exiled prince has warned Western powers against appeasing the Islamic Republic's new president, saying the Iranian people would view it as a betrayal of their struggle for freedom.
In the aftermath of Iran’s July 5 presidential runoff and 'reformist' candidate Masoud Pezeshkian's ascent to the presidency, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi has voiced strong criticism of 'reformists' in general and the newly elected president.
With the announcement of Masoud Pezeshkian as the winner of the July 5th Iranian presidential runoff vote, leaders from around the world have extended their congratulations.