Iran’s Former President Rafsanjani Dies at 82

Former Iranian President and Chairman of the country’s Expediency Council Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani died after suffering heart attack.

News ID: 71457

Date: 09 January 2017 - 08:57

Rafsanjani has been transferred to a Tehran hospital on Sunday after a heart failure, but the measures taken by medical staffs to revive him were futile.
Ayatollah Rafsanjani was the fourth president of Iran. He served as president from 1989 to 1997.
Chairman of the Iranian parliament, the head of the Assembly of Experts and the head of Iran's Expediency Council ware also among his main responsibilities.
MANA agency expresses deep condolences on the sudden demise of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.