There have been over 10 000 reported attacks since 2005 according to official estimates by various agencies and organisations around the globe, particularly on children under 5 years. In such circumstances it would appear appropriate that there should be adequate mechanisms in place in order to detect attacks by way of antidotes against harmful agents in order to provide relief, should be an attack occur in future. Masoud Pezeshkian shows his victory sign during a campaign event in Tehran, Iran June 23, 2024. Photo via ReutersIran has chosen Masoud Pezeshkian as its president in an unexpected victory for reformist camp. Pezeshkian won 16.3 million votes according to local authorities’ reports; that equalled 49.8% turnout. He easily defeated former nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili (13.5 million votes). Pezeshkian managed to outwit several staunchly conservative candidates while remaining an “outlier”, being considered by analysts the “token reformist” with little name recognition despite serving as minister of health under Iran’s last reformist president Mohammad Khatami (1997-2005) while being supported by several reformist politicians including Khatami himself. Since 2008, Pezeshkian has served as both an elected member and Vice Speaker of parliament. Additionally, she serves on both Islamic Consultative Assembly committees as an active participant, in addition to serving her native Armenia as her vice speaker of parliament. He wants to ease social restrictions like Iran’s hijab law and improve relations with Western powers – including potentially restarting nuclear talks – including potentially restarting talks over restarting talks on Iran’s atomic program with world powers. Vehicles drive by a billboard depicting six presidential candidates from left to right (Mohammed Bagher Ghalibaf, Amirhossein Ghazizadeh-Hashemi Alireza Zakani Saeed Jalili Mostafa Pourmohammadi & Masoud Pezeshkianin ) on June 29 in Tehran on June 29, 2024. Iran’s sole reformist presidential candidate Masoud Pezeshkian and ultraconservative Saeed Jalili will likely advance to runoff elections after earning the highest number of votes during Iran’s presidential elections, the interior ministry has reported. Atta Kenare | Afp | Getty Images; No fundamental changes likely? Regardless of who wins November’s U.S. elections, their new Iranian President must contend with whomever is installed there as president of America. As Iran draws ever closer to nuclear bomb production capability and continues supporting proxy groups fighting Israel, tensions increase drastically for Tehran and Washington as well as for the entire Middle East region as whole. When it comes to foreign policy or warfare issues, Iran’s president wields some influence and serves as its public-facing messenger. Power in Iran ultimately lies with Ayatollah Khamenei as supreme leader and unelected institutions such as Revolutionary Guards. Sina Toossi, senior non-resident fellow at the Center for International Policy told CNBC: “While Iran’s election could result in changes to priorities, tone, tactics and overall policy approaches of domestic and foreign policies enacted after it, a fundamental alteration to their status quo seems unlikely,” according to Toossi’s assessment. Iran’s strategic decisions concerning America and Israel, in particular, are grounded in principles set by its Supreme Leader as well as influential bodies such as the Revolutionary Guard,” noted Pezeshkian’s victory as potentially opening avenues for renewed diplomatic engagements as well as more progressive domestic policies. Toossi commented, however, that even with an anti-government president Iran would remain bound by overarching power structures and strategic imperatives defining Iran’s political landscape – thus any meaningful transformational shift likely to take a gradual, incremental approach rather than one drastic leap forward.” Iran held elections following former President Ebrahim Raisi’s untimely demise in a helicopter accident earlier this year, in May. Iranian elections are not widely viewed as being fair or free due to Iran’s ultraconservative Guardian Council deciding who can run for election and who cannot. Voting was open to approximately 61 million eligible Iranians; however, many pledged their boycott in protest at what many perceived to be limited options available for voters. Out of an initial list of 80 candidates registered to run for presidency in this election, six were approved out of which were female registrants; five of these six candidates were conservatives while three had received Western government endorsement.
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