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For change in the minds of fanatics… For the longing for a normal life… For the girl who wished she was a boy, For women, life, freedom. The lines are from Baraye, a popular Iranian ballad written by Shervin Hajipour, after the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman, while in the custody of…
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Pezeshkian aims to improve relations with the West and ease the headscarf law. (File) Reformist Masoud Pezeshkian won Iran’s presidential runoff election on Saturday, defeating hardliner Saeed Jalili by a margin of around 2.8 million votes. The 69-year-old president-elect aims to improve relations with the West and ease the mandatory headscarf law. While Pezeshkian respects…
India and Iran have historically enjoyed strong economic ties. New Delhi: As Masoud Pezeshkian emerges victorious from Iran’s presidential election, defeating hardliner Saeed Jalili, his presidency promises a shift towards more pragmatic and reformist policies. But how will Mr Pezeshkian’s presidency reshape Iran-India relations? Mr Pezeshkian, a seasoned lawmaker and cardiac surgeon, has long supported…
Masoud Pezeshkian, a 69-year-old heart surgeon, earned the support of Iran’s main reformist coalition. Tehran: Iran’s reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian on Saturday won a runoff presidential election against ultraconservative Saeed Jalili, the interior ministry said.Pezeshkian received more than 16 million votes and Jalili more than 13 million out of about 30 million votes cast, electoral…
A man votes in the run-off presidential election between Masoud Pezeshkian and Saeed Jalili in Tehran, Iran, July 5, 2024. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Iranians began voting on July 5 in a runoff election to replace the late President Ebrahim Raisi, killed in a helicopter crash last month, as public apathy has become pervasive in…
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 June 28, 2024. Iranians are voting in a snap election to replace the late hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi. | Photo Credit: AP Early, seesawing results released Saturday in Iran’s presidential…
In this picture made available by Iranian state-run TV, Amirhossein Ghazizadeh Hashemi, left, embraces reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian after the conclusion of the candidates debate at the TV studio in Tehran, Iran, on June 25, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP A candidate in Iran’s presidential election withdrew from the race late on June 26, becoming…