Masoud Pezeshkian was inaugurated by the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, at a ceremony on Sunday in Tehran. Pezeshkian, a reformist among his peers, is a medical surgeon and former health minister who vowed to respond to the electorate's demand for change. Pezeshkian was elected in early July after his predecessor, Ebrahim Raisi, was killed in a helicopter crash

Source: The Guardian July 28, 2024 16:45 UTC