Pezeshkian’s Taliban policy

He will likely employ a different policy than that of the late former President Rouhani.

On Tuesday, Masoud Pezeshkian was sworn in as the Islamic Republic of Iran’s 9th President. As analysed during his presidential campaign, we opined that his candidature was much stronger than that of other candidates. This was all the more evident during the second phase of his campaigning when the focus drew on his policy towards the Taliban. His distinct views (from Saeed Jalili’s, who lost the presidential election to Pezeshkian) divided the audience in the early second phase, influencing his supporters even more when the Taliban slid into the discussion from a meagre analogy.