Massoud Pezeshkian

Massoud Pezeshkian

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan, 8 October 2026. Sputnik/Sergey Bobylev/Pool via REUTERS

Iran's Pezeshkian blames US for interim deal failure, urges new try

"We ​were ⁠having negotiations; the ​cowards (Americans) messed ​everything ⁠up...I still think we should ⁠go ​and ​conclude it," Pezeshkian says.

Iran's President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian and Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attend a Muharram mourning ceremony in Tehran, Iran July 12, 2024. Photo: Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

How Iran's Khamenei elevated a little-known moderate to the presidency

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

Moderate Pezeshkian expected to win Iran's presidential race, Iranian source says

Presidential candidate Saeed Jalili 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: Stringer/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

Khamenei protege, sole moderate to battle in Iran's presidential run-off

Hard-line former Iranian senior nuclear negotiator and candidate for the presidential election Saeed Jalili casts his ballot in a polling station, in Tehran, Iran, on 28 June 2024. Photo: ISNA via AP

Iran to hold runoff election with reformist Pezeshkian, hard-liner Jalili after low-turnout vote

Presidential candidate Saeed Jalili 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: Stringer/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

Khamenei's protege Jalili edges ahead in tight Iran presidential race