Pezeshkian appoints Mohammad Reza Aref as Vice President
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Mohammad Reza Aref was appointed as the First Vice President under President Masoud Pezeshkian.
Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has formally endorsed Masoud Pezeshkian as Iran’s new president.
Mohammad Reza Aref is a 73-year-old reformist politician who also served as the first vice president during Mohammad Khatami's administration, and was appointed as the first vice president of the 14th Iran government by order of Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian.
He was also a member of the Iranian Parliament as the representative of the people of Tehran.