{"id":7923,"date":"2025-01-14T16:09:50","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T16:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/?p=7923"},"modified":"2025-01-14T16:09:53","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T16:09:53","slug":"tonight-lester-holt-interviews-iranian-president-masoud-pezeshkian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2025\/01\/14\/tonight-lester-holt-interviews-iranian-president-masoud-pezeshkian\/","title":{"rendered":"Tonight: Lester Holt Interviews Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>In an NBC News Exclusive, Holt Sits Down With Pezeshkian In Iran For His First U.S. Interview Since the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Airs Tonight on \u2018NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt\u2019 at 6:30 p.m. ET\/5:30 p.m. CT<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">January 14, 2025 &nbsp;\u2013 NBC News anchor Lester Holt interviewed Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian from inside Iran for an exclusive one-on-one that will air tonight on&nbsp;<em>NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt&nbsp;<\/em>at 6:30 p.m. ET\/5:30 p.m. CT.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During a critical moment for the world, Holt spoke with Pezeshkian about the ongoing multi-front war in the Middle East amid an impending ceasefire and hostage release deal, Iran\u2019s relationship and willingness to negotiate with the U.S., Iran\u2019s proxy groups in the region, nuclear development, and the reported assassination plot against now President-elect Donald Trump. The sit-down interview marks Pezeshkian\u2019s first with a U.S. news organization since the 2024 U.S. presidential election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Previously, Holt&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/nightly-news\/video\/exclusive-access-inside-iran-is-the-maximum-pressure-campaign-by-the-u-s-working-66520645772\">gained rare access<\/a>&nbsp;inside Iran in 2019, sitting down with multiple Iranian senior government officials and citizens. Most recently in 2023, he conducted Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NBCNightlyNews\/status\/1792676735169057065\">final interview<\/a>&nbsp;with&nbsp;a U.S. network inside the country before his death last year. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">###<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt<\/em><em>&nbsp;<\/em>reaches millions every week through its broadcast as a regularly top five program in total viewers in all of TV, as well as through&nbsp;NBCNews.com, NBC News NOW, The Nightly newsletter, Nightly Films, its podcast and social media platforms. The broadcast provides the latest on the day\u2019s top stories with a strong focus on original reporting and investigative journalism. Lester Holt is the anchor and the \u201cmost-trusted television news personality in America,\u201d according to the 2024 The Hollywood Reporter\/Morning Consult survey. Holt also anchors&nbsp;<em>Nightly News: Kids Edition<\/em>. Meghan Rafferty is the executive producer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For More Information:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dominique Donahue<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"mailto:Dominique.Donahue@Nbcuni.com\">Dominique.Donahue@Nbcuni.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Courtney Clawson<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"mailto:Courtney.Clawson@Nbcuni.com\">Courtney.Clawson@Nbcuni.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an NBC News Exclusive, Holt Sits Down With Pezeshkian In Iran For His First U.S. Interview Since the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election Airs Tonight on \u2018NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt\u2019 at 6:30 p.m. ET\/5:30 p.m. CT January 14, 2025 &nbsp;\u2013 NBC News anchor Lester Holt interviewed Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian from inside Iran [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2025\/01\/14\/tonight-lester-holt-interviews-iranian-president-masoud-pezeshkian\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from Tonight: Lester Holt Interviews Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":7924,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[170,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-nbc-nightly-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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