Masoud Pezeshkian is due to take office as Iran’s next president, his election follows the death of Ebrahim Raisi last May. Describing himself as a “reformist-principalist”, Pezeshkian is loyal to Iran’s Supreme Leader and the principles of the revolution which established the Islamic Republic of Iran in 1979.
Pezeshkian is explicitly telling the world he wants a new global order, centered around China, Russia and his Islamic Republic. The United States of America, and the West, does not fit into this vision. However, Pezeshkian wants Iran to return to the 2015 nuclear deal.
Besides, he is against using force to impose the compulsory hijab rule and lamented the death of Mahsa Amini, a young Kurdish girl who was murdered in Iranian custody. Her death sparked nationwide protests calling for “women, life and freedom.”
The Iran president criticized the LGBTQ+ community, he said: “The West today is trying to promote the idea of homosexuality and by promoting homosexuality they are trying to end the generation of human beings.“ And he added: “The Western countries try to identify homosexuality as an index of civilization, while this is one of the dirtiest issues.”
Despite the election of a reformist president, the Iranian regime has executed at least 266 prisoners across the country in the first half of 2024, the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights reported. Iran is considered one of the most dangerous places to be gay. Under the Islamic Shariaa law practiced in Iran, same-sex relations are a criminal offence and the punishment ranges from flogging to the death penalty.
No optimism on Iran's new "reformist" president.
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