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Former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani dies on Sunday of heart complications, aged 82.
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Former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani died on Sunday due to heart complications, aged 82.
Former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani died on Sunday due to heart complications, aged 82.
Rafsanjani, president from 1989 to 1997, was a dominant figure in the country's politics.
Rafsanjani, president from 1989 to 1997, was a dominant figure in the country's politics.
Rafsanjani was a founding member of Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution and a confidant of the current supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, for much of the 1980s and 1990s.
Rafsanjani was a founding member of Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution and a confidant of the current supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, for much of the 1980s and 1990s.
There will be three days of national mourning.
There will be three days of national mourning.