Peyman Jafari, Assistant Professor, History and International Relations, provides some insights into the current political ...

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has now been in office for a month and a half in one of the most eventful and tumultuous ...

The masquerade of the presidential election has been repeated every four years for more than forty years. It it is reminiscent of the Woody Allen film “Take the Money and Run” . In that comedy, a bank ...

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian is set to arrive in Iraq on Wednesday, after announcing last month that he is planning to ...

The new Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has not addressed recent violence against unveiled women by the morality police, ...

Haleh Esfandiari discusses the singular appointment of a woman to the new Iranian presidential cabinet. She reviews the short history of female appointees and discusses the expectations of President ...

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s remarks set clear red lines for any talks taking place under the government of reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian and renewed his warnings that Washington wasn’t to ...

Earlier on August 2, Masoud Pezeshkian appointed Mohammad Javad Zarif as his ... Additionally, Zarif represented Iran at the United Nations during Mohammad Khatami's presidency.

Masoud Pezeshkian was a health minister under reformist president Mohammad Khatami. He is a trained heart surgeon and lawmaker. He gained the attention of people for his stance against the crackdown ...

“That was the plan of the reform movement – and we chose [Muhammad] Khatami,” he said. Khatami was a reformist cleric who swept to the presidency in a shock result with around 70% of the ...