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Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani is an influential Iranian politician, writer, who was the fourth President of Iran. He was a member of the Assembly of Experts until his resignation in 2011 (a deliberative body of Mujtahids that is charged with electing, monitoring, and dismissing the Supreme Leader of Iran). Despite his resignation from the Assembly of Experts, he continues to hold his position as the Chairman of the Expediency Discernment Council of Iran (an unelected administrative assembly that resolves legislative conflicts between the Majlis (Parliament) and the Council of Guardians).
Rafsanjani served as President of Iran from 1989 to 1997. In 2005 he ran for a third term in office, placing first in the first round of elections but ultimately losing to rival Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the run-off round of ... » Read more on Wikipedia.org

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 Hashemi Rafsanjani Will Run For President: His Daughter
2013-05-08
Hashemi Rafsanjani Will Run For President: His Daughter. Iran'sView May 8th, 2013 0 Comment. Fatemeh Hashemi Rafsanjani, daughter of Iran's former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said her father will run in the forthcoming presidential elections.
(Iran's View)
  1. Rafsanjani Will Run With Support of Reformists, Says Zibakalam
  2. Opposition leader supports Rafsanjani in Iranian presidential elections
  3. Khatami says situation not ripe for his candidacy; expresses hope Rafsanjani ...
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 Israel 'surprised' by Argentina-Iran deal on commission
2013-01-28
Argentina has long accused Iran of masterminding the deadly attack and has since 2006 sought the extradition of eight Iranians, including current Defence Minister Ahmad Vahidi and former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. Iran has always denied any ...
(DAWN.com)
  1. Israel warns Argentina not to 'fall into Iran's trap' over 1994 Jewish center ...
  2. Deal Reached for Inquiry on Bombing in Argentina
  3. Israel to Summon Argentine Ambassador Over Bombing Commission
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 Iran Sends A Woman Politician To Solitary Confinement
2013-01-03
Faezeh Hashemi Rafsanjani, the jailed daughter of the former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has been moved to solitary confinement, the BBC has learned*. A spokesman for Iran's judiciary said Faezeh Hashemi Rafsanjani was moved as ...
(CounterCurrents.org)
  1. Dialogue can pave the way for free election in Iran: Rafsanjani
  2. Report: Iran ex-president's family sues hardliner
2012
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 Son of Iran's Rafsanjani released from prison: IRNA
2012-12-16
The son of influential former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was released from prison on Sunday night after spending more than two months in detention, the official IRNA news agency reported. Mehdi Hashemi Rafsanjani, accused of inciting ...
(Terra.com)
  1. Iran Media: Son of Ex-President Released on Bail
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 Iran Engaged in 'Severe Clampdown' on Critics, UN Says
2012-10-02
The pattern included the arrest in the past 10 days of two children of Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, the former president of Iran, whose relations with Iran's current leadership have been strained. On Sept. 22, his daughter Faezemi Rafsanjani, a former ...
(New York Times)
  1. UN calls on Iran to halt clampdown, release activists
  2. UN official criticizes Iran for surge in arrests of dissidents
  3. Iranian crackdown concerns United Nations
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 Ayatollah Rafsanjani: Insults to Islamic sanctities boomerang on perpetrators
2012-09-16
In a statement, Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani condemned the production and release of an anti-Islam film made in the US which insults Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) and warned that the consequences of such blasphemous acts will boomerang on their ...
(Ahlul Bayt News Agency - abna.ir)
  1. Iran says insults to Islam to backfire on offenders
  2. Iran says production of anti-Islam film means to sow discord among religions
2011
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 Plot to kill Iran's supreme leader unearthed
2011-12-10
Khamenei recently discussed the matter with Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, chairman of the Expediency Discernment Council, an administrative council, Geo TV reported Saturday quoting the Aab TV. The report however did not say who was behind the plot. ...
(MSN India)
  1. Arab TV discloses plot to kill Khamenei
  2. Plot to kill Iran's supreme leader unearthed
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 Iran's Thugocracy Attacks Again
2011-11-15
Khamenei also threatened the family of Rezai's boss at the Expediency Council, former president Ali Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani. Rafsanjani's daughter, Faezeh Hashemi, was arrested after the election on allegations of failing to pay import duties on large ...
(FrontPage Magazine)
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    		 Iran's Act of War
    2011-10-12
    The once-humble, unremarkable Khamenei—who was given the office of supreme leader in 1989 by the once-great Don Corleone of clerical politics, Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (who assumed Iran's presidency that same year)—has become the undisputed ruler ...
    (Wall Street Journal)
    1. Iran would gladly assassinate Saudis
    2. Emanuele Ottolenghi: Iran shows its true colours
    3. Iran's Covert War Against the United States