By bne Tehran bureau Iran’s Masoud Pezeshkian has been officially sworn in as President on July 30, two days after religious leader Ali Khamenei endorsed his role. Born on September 29, 1954, in Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province, Pezeshkian completed his early education in his hometown before moving to Urmia and then doing his military service close to the border with Pakistan. He is a medical doctor by training and was previously an active cardiac surgeon in Tabriz. He is of mixed Azerbaijani and Kurdish background, a common trait of the local area, and is a fluent speaker of the regional lan…