Pezeshkian

Turkey opposes foreign intervention in Iran, Erdogan tells Iran's Pezeshkian

In a statement, the Turkish presidency said the leader had discussed the latest developments in Iran, after the worst domestic unrest since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

|ByREUTERS, DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan reacts during a press conference at a NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands June 25, 2025.
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appears among his supporters following the Israel-Iran war in June 2025; illustrative.

Iran's parliament vows to fight 'holy war' if US targets Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in strikes

This follows a similar statement made by Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, who stated that "Any aggression against Khamenei is tantamount to all-out war against the Iranian nation."

|ByREUTERS, JAMES GENN
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks during an interview with the state TV, amid protests, in Tehran, Iran in this screengrab obtained from a video released on January 11, 2026.

President Trump: Iran is tired of being beaten

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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian visits the Iranian Atomic Energy Organisation in Tehran, Iran, November 2, 2025.

Iran's Pezeshkian says Tehran seeks peace, but will not bow to coercion

Iranian President Pezeshkian will not hold talks if not allowed nuclear science or missiles for defense.

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Iran's Pezeshkian rejects US pressure, praises Russia, China

Pezeshkian, a relative moderate who beat a hardline rival in elections, also reiterated that Iran does not seek nuclear weapons.

JULY 13, 2024ByREUTERS
IRAN’S NEW president, Masoud Pezeshkian, speaks during a gathering with supporters at the shrine of the late Iranian leader Khomeini, in Tehran, last Saturday.

Iran’s new president vows to back Hezbollah and other terror groups

From Iran’s perspective these are not terror groups but “resistance.”

JULY 10, 2024BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES Masoud Pezeshkian (right) and Saeed Jalili ​attend an election debate at a television studio in Tehran, on Monday.

Reformists’ propaganda mafia cannot silence the voice of the Iranian people - opinion

No one dares to stand up to the dictator Ali Khamenei, and reform within the authoritarian structure and the inner circle of the Islamic Jurist is impossible.

JULY 10, 2024ByERFAN FARD
IRAN’S NEW president, Masoud Pezeshkian, speaks during a gathering with supporters at the shrine of the late Iranian leader Khomeini, in Tehran, last Saturday.