Iran’s parliament approved President Masoud Pezeshkian’s 19 ministers on Wednesday, state media reported, giving way to a cross-factional cabinet reflecting his focus on consensus after days of debate. In contrast to former President Ebrahim Raisi’s hardline team, the new cabinet includes reformist figures such as Health Minister Mohammadreza Zafarqandi, who secured his position despite … Read more
Iran’s Jewish community was coerced into voting in the recent presidential elections, an act that the United States deemed “deplorable,” according to an exclusive statement obtained by the Voice of America (VOA) radio broadcast on Sunday. The coercive measures reportedly included Iranian authorities setting up exclusive polling stations for Jewish voters and arranging an … Read more
Iranian state media reported Tuesday about a letter from Iran’s President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian to Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah promising continued support for Hezbollah and other armed groups targeting Israel. According to Iran’s IRNA media the letter is “a clear message from the Islamic Republic to all the resistance groups in the region that Tehran … Read more
President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian reaffirmed Iran’s anti-Israel stance on Monday, saying resistance movements across the region will not allow Israel’s “criminal policies” towards the Palestinians to continue. “The Islamic Republic has always supported the resistance of the people of the region against the illegitimate Zionist regime,” Pezeshkian said in a message to Hassan Nasrallah, leader … Read more
Iran’s new president Masoud Pezeshkian won a runoff presidential election on Friday and has become Iran’s ninth president since the Islamic Revolution in 1979. Iranian media said that out of 30 million votes, he won more than half – 16 million. Pezeshkian is 69 years old and a retired heart surgeon. In the West … Read more
Following the surprise win of reformist Masoud Pezeshkian in Iran’s presidential election this weekend, The Jerusalem Post interviewed multiple experts about what the change means for Tehran, Israel, and the world. Iran expert at INSS and at the Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center, Raz Zimmt, told the Post that anyone who says … Read more
As crazy as it sounds, Holocaust-denying, Israel-loathing, antisemitic former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was – while in power – a gift for Israel that just kept on giving. How so? Simple, his outlandish and inflammatory statements about Israel, including openly calling for it to be “wiped off the map,” and his mocking of the … Read more
Iranians choose a president on Friday in a tightly controlled election following Ebrahim Raisi’s death in a helicopter crash last month, with the outcome expected to influence the succession to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s top decision-maker. With Iran’s supreme leader now 85, it is likely that the next president will be closely involved in … Read more
As the Iranian presidential elections approach, the Islamic Republic approved six candidates to run: three hard-liners, two moderates, and one reformist, in an apparent bid to boost the electorate’s turnout. However, regardless of the result, Tehran’s foreign and domestic policies are expected to largely remain unchanged due to the constraints on presidential authority. For … Read more
Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that he would be open to economic relations and talks with the United States under a Trump presidency, Iran International reported on Saturday. Ahmadinjad had taken an anti-West stance during his presidency from 2005-2013, according to the report, indicating a serious turn around in prospective foreign policies for … Read more
