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How Iran may look under new Reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian
On the Middle East with Amberin Zaman
English - July 15, 2024 20:19 - 42 minutes - 38.6 MBPolitics News News Commentary middle east news international affairs syria the middle east foreign policy yemen north africa gulf al-monitor algeria Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The election victory of heart surgeon Masoud Pezeshkian has aroused hopes and doubts in Iran and beyond. He is a Reformist who says he will be more lenient towards women and will seek to reduce tensions with the West. Yet, his record is spotty. While defying hawkish clerics on some critical occasions, he has stood up for them on others. As with all else in Iran, deciphering the real Pezeshkian is no easy task, says Iranian academic Arash Azizi.
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