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By bne Tehran bureau Masoud Pezeshkian has been elected as the new President of Iran, securing over 16 votes in the second round of the 14th presidential election on July 6, but who is the new unknown president-elect? Born on September 29, 1954, in Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province, Pezeshkian completed his early education in his hometown before moving to Urmia to study at an agricultural technical school, where he received a diploma in food industries. He is of mixed Azerbaijani and Kurdish background, a common feature of the local area, and is a fluent speaker of the regional languages and P…

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