Masoud Pezeshkian
Masoud Pezeshkian (Persian: مسعود پزشکیان, born 29 September 1954 in Mahabad from Azerbaijani family)[1] is an Iranian reformist politician who is currently representing Tabriz, Osku and Azarshahr electoral district in the Parliament of Iran and serves as its First Deputy Speaker since 29 May 2016. He was Minister of Health between 2001 and 2005 in the cabinet of President Mohammad Khatami.
Masoud Pezeshkian | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Parliament of Iran | |
| Assumed office 27 May 2008 | |
| Constituency | Tabriz, Osku and Azarshahr |
| Majority | 261,605 (36.27%) |
| Minister of Health and Medical Education | |
| In office 22 August 2001 – 24 August 2005 | |
| President | Mohammad Khatami |
| Preceded by | Mohammad Farhadi |
| Succeeded by | Kamran Bagheri Lankarani |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 29, 1954 Mahabad, Iran |
| Alma mater | Tabriz University of Medical Sciences Iran University of Medical Sciences |
| Profession | Heart surgeon |
Career
He was the chancellor of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences for 7 years. He is a heart surgeon and an academic member of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences at the present time. He is elected as one of Iranian parliament members from Tabriz in 2008 election. He had a speech on condemnation of violence against fraud in Iranian presidential election on June 30, 2009 in Iran parliament. In 2010, he failed in his bid to become deputy speaker of parliament.[2] He is also a member of Iran-Turkey Friendship society.[3]
Views
Pezeshkian supports teaching of Azerbaijani language in Iranian schools.[1]
During the Mahsa Amini protests in September 2022, Pezeshkian said in an interview, "It is our fault. We want to implement religious faith through the use of force. This is scientifically impossible."[4]
COVID-19 outbreak
On 3 March 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran, Pezeshkian claimed that the figures reported by Iran’s health ministry are "not real".[5]
References
- ^ a b "افراد رد صلاحیتشده فقط توانستند یک نامه بنویسند". Iranian Labour News Agency. 1 March 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
- ^ "Persian Press Review". Tehran Times. 29 May 2010. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
- ^ . Islamic Consultative Assembly Website. Archived from the original on 24 July 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
- ^ "Iranian Majles Member and FMR. Health Minister Masoud Pezeshkian Blames Regime for Mahsa Amini's Death: Our Behavior is Making Iranians Hate Islam, We Must Reexamine Our Methods; You Cannot Implement Faith with Force".
- ^ "Iran's official figures on coronavirus cases 'not real': Iranian official". Al Arabiya English. 4 March 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2020.