Masoud Pezeshkian (@drpezeshkian)
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مسعود پزشکیان؛ همسر، پدر ، پدربزرگ؛ نهمین رئیس جمهوری اسلامی ایران
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Negotiation and war comments draw hardliner backlash
Outlets reported that Masoud Pezeshkian's remarks favoring de-escalation and talks, from New York 2024 through August 2025, triggered denials or sharp criticism from hardline figures and media.
- Pezeshkian in New York: we do not want to fight; weapons quote row - BBC Persian reported the president told U.S. journalists Iran does not want war. Bloomberg and an audio clip were cited saying he would put down arms if Israel did; Foreign Minister Araqchi and the government information council strongly denied that quote. جنجال بر سر اظهارات مسعود پزشکیان؛ ما آماد‌هایم سلاح‌هایمان را کنار بگذاریم اگر اسرائیل هم کنار بگذارد
- Pezeshkian: I favored talks; Leader said no U.S. negotiation - BBC Persian reported that during the economy minister impeachment session the president said he preferred dialogue but would follow Ali Khamenei after the Leader barred talks with the U.S. The report noted the government's sharper rejection after Trump's maximum-pressure order. پزشکیان: من موافق مذاکره بودم، رهبری گفت با آمریکا مذاکره نکنیم
- Want to fight? They will strike again; hardliner backlash - BBC Persian reported Pezeshkian on 10 Aug 2025 said dialogue is not surrender and asked what fighting would achieve. IRGC political officials, MP Hamid Rasaee, Kayhan's Hossein Shariatmadari and Tasnim called the remarks weakness or passivity. واکنش تند اصولگرایان به تغییر موضع پزشکیان درباره برنامه هست‌های پس از جنگ ۱۲ روزه
False-content cyber bill and government climbdown
Reports said Pezeshkian's government sent a fast-track bill against false online content to parliament; lawyers and reformist supporters called it a free-speech threat, and the cabinet withdrew it after the urgency vote.
- False-content bill sent to Majlis; allies criticize president - BBC Persian and Iran International reported a 22-article bill against false online content, drafted with the judiciary and signed by Pezeshkian, went to parliament. Azar Mansouri and lawyer Kambiz Norouzi called it a free-speech threat akin to the Cyberspace Protection Plan. President takes fire as Iran fast-tracks cyber censorship bill
- Majlis fast-tracks bill with 205 votes - BBC Persian reported parliament approved double urgency 205-49-3. MP Farid Mousavi warned it could silence independent media. Radio Farda said critics labeled it a bill of suffocation; RFE/RL quoted scholars on a chilling effect. Iran Pushes Ahead With Fake News Bill That Critics Say Guts Free Speech
- Cabinet votes to withdraw cyberspace bill - BBC Persian, Radio Farda and Euronews reported spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani said the cabinet approved withdrawing the bill to preserve national cohesion. Elias Hazrati said the government would not alarm the public; some allies still called the original submission a mistake. دولت ایران لایحه مقابله با انتشار محتوای خبری خلاف واقع در فضای مجازی را از مجلس پس گرفت