The second round of presidential elections in Iran ended with the victory of Masoud Pezeshkian, representative of the reformist bloc. 53.6% of voters voted for Masud Pezeshkian. The 69-year-old politician was born in the west of Iran in an ethnic Azerbaijani family.

Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian has appointed Sunni Muslim Abdulkarim Hosseinzadeh as vice president for the development of rural and vulnerable groups. Since the 1979 revolution in the country, Sunnis have rarely held such high positions.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian made his first official trip abroad to Iraq. during this visit, it is planned to sign several documents on cooperation between the two countries in the economic, trade, cultural and social spheres.

China will consistently develop friendly cooperation with Iran regardless of the changes in the international and regional situation. President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping said this during a meeting with Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian within the framework of the 16th BRICS summit in Kazan.