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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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 Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani to stand in Iran presidential election
2013-05-11
Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and the incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's close ally Esfandyar Rahim Mashaei have registered as candidates for next month's presidential election. Rafsanjani, who is expected to win the support of the ...
(The Guardian)
  1. Profile: Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
  2. Iran's former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani bids for political comeback
  3. Former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani joins Iranian election race
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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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 Iran diplomat with links to reformists detained
2013-05-03
Intelligence Minister Heydar Moslehi on Thursday warned ex-presidents Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Khatami, without naming them, over their alleged role in the protest movement. “One of the leaders of the plot, who was not put under house arrest like ...
(The Express Tribune)
  1. Iran diplomat with links to reformists detained - GlobalPost
  2. Iran's FM says diplomat's arrest is a “misunderstanding”
  3. Diplomat with reformist ties held in Iran ahead of poll
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 The President Wanna-be Hashemi Rafsanjani
2013-04-30
It seems Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Iran's former president, is trying once again to get back in the scene of the upcoming presidential elections in Iran. Rafsanjani believes that after 30 years, the Islamic Republic has not been able to produce ...
(StopFundamentalism.com (blog))
  1. Iran sham election: Regime is plunged into danger, says Rafsanjani
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 Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Iran's Former President, Says Iran Not At War With ...
2013-04-29
The remarks by Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani follows calls from figures across the political spectrum to repair the damage to Iran's international reputation they said had been caused by outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who called Israel a doomed ...
(Huffington Post)
  1. Iran not eager for conflict with Israel, ex-president says
  2. Hashemi Rafsanjani may run for president
  3. 29.04.2013Iran in the Run-up to Presidential ElectionsThe Reformers' Swan Song
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 Presidential hopeful Zakani: Rafsanjani could jeopardize Principlists' votes
2013-04-27
Zakani said that the Principlists' votes could be easily jeopardized if former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani or other key figures from the reformist camp enter the race. He said that this is a serious threat that needs to be confronted by choosing ...
(Trend.az)
  1. Zakani urges unity in principlist camp
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 Rafsanjani Denies Controversial Remarks About Khamenei, Revolutionary Guard
2013-04-19
On April 16, Saham News, a website close to Mehdi Karroubi, published an article which quoted an anonymous source who was present at a meeting between the head of the Expediency Council, Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, and provincial ...
(Al-Monitor)
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    		 Iran's Undecided Electorate
    2013-04-18
    Former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani casts his ballot for the parliamentary elections in Tehran on March 2, 2012. STR/AFP/GettyImages. LONDON, Asharq Al-Awsat—Pro-reformist website Baztab has reported that an internal poll has been ...
    (The Majalla Magazine)
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      		 Hasan Rohani, Iran's Former Nuclear Negotiator, Is Leading Candidate In 2013 ...
      2013-04-11
      ... in the economic field despite more than $700 billion oil income during his eight years office. Former Cabinet ministers, political figures and clerics attended the rally, along with two children of former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. Also on ...
      (Huffington Post)
      1. Iran: "Moderate" presidential candidate promises bill of rights
      2. Former nuclear negotiator joins Iran's presidential race
      3. Ex-nuclear negotiator makes Iran election bid
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