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Historic Personalities of Iran: Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

Death of Iran’s Rafsanjani Removes Influential Voice Against Hard-Liners

Source: Yonatan Bet Kolia

Mr Rafsanjani, who served as president from 1989 to 1997, had a heart attack."The late Rafsanjani was admitted to a hospital on Sunday. Doctors performed CPR in vain for nearly an hour before declaring him dead." Honorable Yonathan Betkolia MP - AUA Secretary General, told SBS Radio.



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