Masoud Pezeshkian
President of Iran since 2024
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| October 2024 | Launched missile strikes against Israel in response to assassinations of Iranian and Hezbollah leaders, warning Israel against further conflict. |
| September 2024 | Made his first international presidential visit to Iraq, meeting with national and Kurdish regional leaders. |
| August 21 2024 | Parliament approved his entire cabinet, the first such unanimous approval since 2001. |
| August 11 2024 | Announced the names of 19 ministers in his cabinet, sparking Mohammad Javad Zarif's resignation in protest. |
| July 30 2024 | Sworn in before the Iranian parliament as President. |
| July 28 2024 | Formally appointed as president by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. |
| July 28 2024 | Became the ninth President of Iran at age 69, becoming the oldest person to serve in this position. |
| July 5 2024 | Won the presidential run-off election with 16.3 million votes (53.7%), defeating Saeed Jalili. |
| July 5 2024 | Won the presidential election in a runoff with 54.76% of the popular vote. |
| June 2024 | During a university meeting, Pezeshkian put on an IRGC uniform and stated he would wear it again, describing the IRGC as the 'reason for the country remaining unified'. |
| 2022 | Following the Mahsa Amini protests, Pezeshkian demanded the creation of an assessment team to investigate her death. He argued that the treatment and trial of protesters were unconstitutional and that defendants should be provided lawyers, though he later issued a statement condemning the protests. |
| 2021 | Was rejected from running in the Iranian presidential election. |
| 2019 | After Iran shot down an American drone, Pezeshkian called the American government 'terrorist' and praised the IRGC's action as 'a strong punch to the mouths of the leaders of criminal America'. |
| 2019 | Condemned the Trump administration's declaration of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization. |
| 2018 | Pezeshkian publicly criticized Iran's management of protests, describing the approach as 'scientifically and intellectually wrong' and stating that the country's system should have handled the situation better. |
| 2016 | Elected as the head of the Fraction of Turkic regions in the Iranian parliament, the first group established with an ethnic name in Iranian parliamentary history. |
| 2016 | Became the First Deputy Speaker of the parliament, serving until 2020. |
| 2015 | Pezeshkian expressed support for reviving the nuclear agreement originally reached between Iran and world powers in this year, advocating for restarting discussions with the United States to lift international sanctions. |
| 2013 | Ran for presidential election but withdrew from the race. |
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