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Ali Akbar Hashimi Bahramani Rafsanjani (25 August 1934 – 8 January 2017) was an Iranian politician and writer who served as the fourth president of Iran from 1989 to 1997.
On 8 January 2017, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, the fourth President of Iran and the country's Chairman of Expediency Discernment Council, died at the age of 82 after suffering a heart attack. He was transferred unconscious to a hospital in Tajrish, north Tehran.
Jan 8, 2017 · Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was a founding father of the Iranian revolution who went on to serve as the country's president between 1989 and 1997 and remained a...
Jan 9, 2017 · Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, who died Sunday at the age of 82, was a political giant in Iran. A key player in the 1979 Islamic Revolution, he held numerous leadership roles – from speaker of ...
Jan 9, 2017 · During his four-decade political career, Iran’s former President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani earned many nicknames. He was called the Shark, both for his smooth, hairless cheeks (reflecting...
Jan 8, 2017 · TEHRAN, Iran - Former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a wily political survivor and multimillionaire mogul who remained among the ruling elite despite moderate views, died...
Jan 8, 2017 · Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, who has died aged 82, was one of the leaders of the Islamic Republic of Iran; a shrewd politician who many Iranians saw as both a blessing and a curse for their...
Jan 8, 2017 · ANKARA (Reuters) - Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, who died of a heart attack on Sunday in Tehran, was one of the political titans of post-revolutionary Iran and a friend...
Jan 8, 2017 · Iran's ex-President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a dominant figure in the country's politics since the 1980s, has died at the age of 82. Mr Rafsanjani, president from 1989 to 1997, suffered a...
Jan 8, 2017 · Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, the former president of Iran, died at 82 on Sunday. He was a president that favored closer ties with the West. Our Tehran bureau chief explains what Rafsanjani meant...
