Masoud Pezeshkian

About

Politician who is the 9th president of Iran. He is a member of the reformist faction. He is the oldest man to serve in this office when he won the 2024 election at age 69. On his drpezeshkian_ir Instagram page, he has 650,000 followers who can see some of his interviews, public appearances, and photos from his life. 

Before fame

He graduated from the Tabriz University of Medical Sciences with a degree in medicine and served as a doctor for Iranian soldiers in the Iran-Iraq War from 1980-1988. He began his career in politics in 1997 when he joined Mohammad Khatami administration as Deputy Health Minister.

Trivia

He is very supportive of the rights of ethnic groups such as Azeris, Kurds, and Baluchis in his country. He has also increased the number of women and people from diverse ethnic and religious backgrounds in his government.

Family life

His father was Azerbaijani and his mother was Kurdish. He was married to Fatemeh Majidi, but she passed away along with his son in a car wreck in 1994. He raised his other three children alone, Yousef, Zahra, and Mehdi. 

Associated with

There hasn't been a United States president who has met with an Iranian leader since the 1979 revolution, but Donald Trump may meet with him at the United Nations at some point.