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Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

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Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (Persian: اکبر هاشمی رفسنجانی Akbar Hāshemī Rafsanjānī, Hashemi Bahramani (هاشمی بهرمانی); born February 15, 1934) is an influential Iranian politician, businessman and former President. Currently he holds the position of Chairman of the Assembly of Experts (a deliberative body of Mujtahids that is charged with electing the Supreme Leader of Iran) and Chairman the Expediency Discernment Council of Iran (an unelected administrative assembly that resolves legislative conflicts between the Majlis and the Council of Guardians). More about Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani from Wikipedia »

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Moussavi: Shah's 'tyranny' exists in Iran

from CNN 1 week ago

…said “must be arrested” — Moussavi, Karrubi, and Fa'ezeh Hashemi, daughter of the former reformist president, Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. “They must not remain on the sidelines and be safe,” Noroozi said. “Those who issue statements and invite people…

Tense Iran remembers Khomeini

from Lebanon Daily Star 1 week, 1 day ago

…opponents, accusing the authorities of “fraudulently” re-electing Ahmadinejad. Powerful figures such as ex-presidents Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Khatami have also backed opposition groups, in turn shaking the regime’s foundations and bitterly dividing…

Iran pays homage to Khomeini amid political tensions!

from Zee News 1 week, 1 day ago

Tehran: Bells chimed across Iran on Monday to mark the return from exile in 1979 of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the trigger for a revolution which spawned an Islamic state now engulfed in a deep political crisis. To mark Khomeini's triumphant

Iran remembers Khomeini amid political tensions

from Ynetnews 1 week, 1 day ago

…accusing the authorities of “fraudulently” re-electing Ahmadinejad. Powerful figures such as ex-presidents Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Mohammad Khatami have backed the opposition groups, in turn shaking the pillars of the regime and bitterly dividing the…

Iran's Green Movement Shifts Gears

from World Politics Review 1 week, 1 day ago

…who have recently come in from the cold is former two-time president and consummate political survivor, Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. Having failed in his efforts to convince the Assembly of Experts to remove Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, Rafsanjani once…

Quotes from around the Web

Your agents opened fire, killed the people, beat them and destroyed and burnt their property. Your role in this cannot be ignored.

—The New York Times

As a commander in chief of the armed forces, you did not treat people well after the election

—The New York Times

The council is dominated by conservative traditional clerics, who would not stand against Mr. Khamenei and easily give in to pressure

—The New York Times

I have factual evidence, and I am not afraid of losing my positions and titles.

—International Herald Tribune

threatening detainees to keep silent … asked those who were abused and raped in prisons to present four witnesses.

—International Herald Tribune

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