This article was reprinted with permission after being published by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
After winning a tear presidential election earlier this month, Masud Pezeshkian, who was sworn in as Iran’s new leader in parliament on July 30. He inherited a mismanaged and oppressive culture that has shown it will take to the streets to require fundamental rights.
In the meeting that was broadcast live on state TV, Pezeshkian said,” I as chairman swear to divine God to be the custodian of the Islamic state program, the Iranian people, and the Holy Koran,” according to Pezeshkian.
After the fresh chairman declared willingness to talk with the West, Egyptian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei formally endorsed and endorsed Pezeshkian on July 28.
Moderate liberal Pezeshkian, a 69-year-old past brain surgeon,  , defeated , authoritarian hard-liner Saeed Jalili in a July 5 discharge with nearly 54 percent of the vote. Jalili received just over 44 percentage.
Ebrahim Raisi, the hard-line leader, passed away in a helicopter crash in May, prompting the holding of the vote. Voting was conducted on June 28 in a record-breaking low attendance for a national election in Islamist state background.
The Iranian caliphate, which was established following the Islamic Revolution of 1979, has long maintained that its legality comes from solid common assistance, which in turn leads to higher voter turnout, but new elections and dangerous anti-establishment protests have raised questions about the legitimacy of the latest leadership.
The discharge ballot on July 5 saw participation increase to around 49 percent.
The opening ceremony was attended by senior representatives from locations including Armenia, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Egypt, Sudan, Iraq, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Cuba, and Brazil. Enrique Mora, the European Union negotiator, likewise showed up.
In Tehran, including Ziyad al-Nakhalah, the president of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and Hamas head Ismail Haniyeh, were also present. Both organizations have the US and the EU labeled as extremists. Lebanon’s Hizballah and Yemen’s Huthi separatists even sent members.
Haniyeh and Nakhalah, whose parties have been fighting Israel in the Gaza Strip since Hamas’s October 7 assault on Israel, met with Khamenei and Pezeshkian. Since his vote, Pezeshkian has reaffirmed support for the” shaft of weight”, Iran’s free system of radical groups and proxies, against Israel and the United States.
Khamenei, in his confirmation order, described Pezeshkian as a “wise, honest, famous, and formal” individual.
The poll results have been praised by the United States, but Iran’s elections have been criticized for being neither good nor free.
A spokeswoman for the U.S. State Department said in responses to Radio Farda on July 7 that” a sizable number of Iranians chose not to participate at all.”
We do n’t anticipate that Iran’s elections will result in a fundamental shift or greater respect for its citizens ‘ human rights. The highest head decides Egyptian policy, as the individuals have already stated.
” The election will not have a significant impact on]Washington’s ] approach to Iran either. Our fears about Iran’s actions are intact. At the same time, we remain committed to politics when it improvements National pursuits,” the official said.
In change for limiting Tehran’s nuclear program, the United States withdrew from a location nuclear agreement reached between Tehran and other world powers in 2015.
Tehran cited by Washington’s resuscitated sanctions against Iran’s economy and fuel industry, accusing it of abusing the pact and supporting extremists in the region.
Iran’s nuclear program has since been expanded and its own agreements have been reduced.
” We call on the European countries to realize]the have ] for building relationships based on mutual respect and equality. We are prepared to work with states to ease up conflicts, according to Pezeshkian, who has not yet realized the significance of Iran’s position [in the world].
He even vowed to fight Iran’s restrictions indefinitely. I believe Iran has an inherent right to normal relations with the globe, and I pledge to support tough sanctions, he said.
