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00:00Massoud Pazeshkian, born 29 September 1954, is an Iranian politician and cardiac surgeon

00:16who has been the president of Iran since 28 July 2024.

00:21He previously represented Tabriz, Asghar and Asghar Shah electoral district in the parliament

00:27of Iran, and served as its first deputy speaker from 2016 to 2020.

00:33He was Minister of Health and Medical Education between 2001 and 2005 in the government of

00:39Mohammad Khotami.

00:41He ran in the 2013 presidential election, but withdrew.

00:45He ran again in the 2021 election, but was unsuccessful.

00:50For the 2024 election, Pazeshkian's candidacy was approved, and he won the 2024 presidential

00:57election on 5 July in a run-off with 54.76% of the popular vote.

01:04He was formally appointed as the President of Iran on 28 July 2024.

01:10He is the ninth and the oldest person to take the office of President of Iran.

01:15At the age of 69 years, Pazeshkian was born in Mahabad, West Azerbaijan, on 29 September

01:241954 to Iranian-Azerbaijani parents.

01:28In 1973, he received his diploma and moved to Zabul to serve his conscription duty.

01:35It was during this time that he became interested in medicine.

01:39After completing his service, he returned to his home province, where he entered medical

01:43school and graduated with a degree in general medicine.

01:48During the Iran-Iraq War 1980-1988, Pazeshkian frequently visited the front lines, where

01:55he was responsible for sending medical teams and working as a fighter and doctor.

02:00He finished his general practitioner course in 1985 and started teaching physiology at

02:06the medical college.

02:08After the war, Pazeshkian continued his education, specializing in general surgery at Tabriz

02:14University of Medical Sciences.

02:17In 1993, he received a subspecialty in cardiac surgery from Iran University of Medical Sciences.

02:25He later became a specialist in heart surgery, leading him to become President of Tabriz

02:30University of Medical Sciences in 1994, a position he held for five years.

02:37Pazeshkian's political career began when he joined Mohammed Khatami's administration

02:42as deputy health minister in 1997.

02:46He was appointed health minister four years later, serving from 2001 to 2005.

02:52Since then, he has been elected to the Iranian parliament five times, representing Tabriz,

02:58and served as the first deputy speaker of the parliament from 2016 to 2020.

03:04On 6 July 2024, Pazeshkian was elected president after winning the 5 July runoff of the 2024

03:12presidential election, with 16.3 million votes, 53.7% to cede Jalali's 13.5 million 44.3%.

03:23He was formally appointed as the president by the Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Khamenei

03:28on 28 July 2024, and was sworn in before the Iranian parliament on 30 July.

03:36After taking office, Pazeshkian appointed the former first vice president of Iran Mohammed

03:41Reza Araf back to his post, while appointing former education minister Mohsen Haji Merzeh

03:47as his chief of staff, former foreign minister Mohammed Javad Zarif as the vice president

03:53for strategic affairs, Mohammed Jafar Ghiyam Pana as the vice president for executive

03:59affairs, former finance minister Ali Tayabniyya as his senior advisor, Hamid Pourmohammadi

04:06as vice president and head of the plan and budget organization, and Shahram Dabiri Askiwi

04:13as his deputy for parliamentary affairs.

04:16Massoud Pazeshkian is a supporter of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-ERG, and has called

04:22its current incarnation different from the past.

04:25He condemned the declaration of the ERG as a terrorist organization by the Trump administration

04:30in 2019.

04:32After the 2019 Iranian shoot-down of an American drone Pazeshkian called the American government

04:38terrorist and described the ERG's action to target the drone as a strong punch to the

04:43mouths of the leaders of criminal America.

04:46During a university meeting and in response to some criticisms Pazeshkian put on an ERG

04:52uniform and said that he would wear it again.

04:55Massoud Pazeshkian has criticized the Iranian system multiple times.

05:00During the 2009 post-election protests, in a speech Pazeshkian criticized the way the

05:06protesters were treated.

05:08In his speech, he mentioned the words of the first Shiite imam, Ali addressed to Malik

05:14Ashtar not to treat people like a wild animal.

05:17Pazeshkian considered Iran's method of managing the 2018 protests as scientifically and intellectually

05:24wrong.

05:25He blamed the country's system for all the events and said, we should have done better.

05:31After the 2022 protests, Pazeshkian demanded the creation of an assessment and clarification

05:37team regarding the death of Masa Amini.

05:40Although he considered the way of dealing with the protesters and their trial to be

05:44contrary to the constitution and demanded that the defendants should get lawyers.

05:50He later issued a statement, condemned the protests and did not consider it to be in

05:55the people's interest.

05:57Pazeshkian has supported restarting discussions with the United States over the nuclear program

06:02of Iran, vowing to revive the agreement Iran reached with the US and other world powers

06:09in 2015 in exchange for lifting the international sanctions against it.

06:14He has supported building amicable relationships with all countries except for Israel, stating

06:20that Iran would keep supporting the axis of resistance against it.

06:25After taking office as president, he stated that Iran would continue to support the Palestinians.

06:31Masaad Pazeshkian emphasizes the rights of ethnic groups such as Azeris, Kurds, and Baluchis

06:38in states, that the rights of these groups should be protected.

06:42He supports the implementation of Article 15 of the Iranian Constitution for all ethnicities.

06:48This principle says the official and common language and script of the people of Iran

06:52is Persian.

06:54Documents, correspondence, official texts and textbooks must be in this language and

06:59script, but the use of local and ethnic languages in the press and mass media and the teaching

07:04of their literature in schools is free, along with the Persian language.

07:08He argues that the implementation of this principle mitigates separatist and dissident

07:13motivations.

07:14Masaad Pazeshkian also supports teaching of the Azerbaijani language in Iranian schools.

07:20Masaad Pazeshkian wife was a gynecologist.

07:23In 1993, she died along with their youngest son in a car crash.

07:28He raised his remaining two sons and daughter alone and has never remarried.

07:33His daughter, Zahra, has a master's degree in chemistry from Sharif University of Technology

07:38and was working at Jam Petrochemical before the Rouhani government came to power.

07:43She is also regarded as a political advisor.

07:47Masaad Pazeshkian is a teacher of the Quran and a reciter of the Naj al-Balagha, a key

07:52text for Shia Muslims.

07:54In addition to Persian, Masaad Pazeshkian speaks many languages, including Azerbaijani,

07:59Kurdish, Arabic and English.

08:02Masaad Pazeshkian is a fan of Tractor SC.

08:07I stop at this point today.

08:09I hope I added something to you.

08:11You enjoyed the last few minutes.

08:13We will meet with you soon.

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