Hashemi Rafsanjani Dies Aged 82

[AmirPatriot]

More to follow.

RIP.

 

[AmirPatriot]

URGENT: Iran's Expediency Council Chief Hashemi Rafsanjani Dies at 83

TEHRAN (FNA)- Head of Iran's Expediency Council and two-time president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani died at a Tehran hospital on Sunday.
Hashemi Rafsanjani was rushed to the Tajreesh Martyres Hospital in Northern Tehran after experiencing a heart failure Sunday afternoon.

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani or Hashemi Bahramani was born on 25 August, 1934 and was an influential Iranian politician and writer, who was the fourth president of Iran.

He was Iran's Parliament Speaker in the 1980s and the country's president for two terms from 1989 to 1997.

Hashemi Rafsanjani also served as chairman of Iran's Experts Assembly that is tasked with choosing the country's Leader.

He was also head of Iran's Expediency Council ever since 1987.

http://en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13951019001679

This is sure to leave a huge impact on Iranian politics.

 

[Providence]

RIP

 

[AmirPatriot]

Iran's ex-President Rafsanjani dies at 82

Iran's ex-President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a dominant figure in the country's politics since the 1980s, has died at the age of 82, media say.

Mr Rafsanjani was taken to hospital on Sunday with a heart problem.

He served as president from 1989 to 1997 but lost to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad when he ran again in 2005.

Mr Rafsanjani's current role was head of the Expediency Council, which tries to resolve disputes between parliament and the Guardian Council.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-38548591

 

[SSGcommandoPAK]

RIP !

 

[Tps43]

RIP

 

[AmirPatriot]

@raptor22 @Madali @Serpentine your thoughts?

 

[RISING SUN]

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-38548591
RIP.

 

[Madali]

@raptor22 @Madali @Serpentine your thoughts?

Some of the politicians in Iran are not going to sleep comfortably tonight.

 

[AmirPatriot]

Some of the politicians in Iran are not going to sleep comfortably tonight.

Certainly.

How do you think this will affect wider Iranian politics? The presidential elections? The next rahbar?

 

[asena_great]

rip

 

[haman10]

RIP. Great man

May he rest in peace. Such a sad tragedy for our nation

 

[AmirPatriot]

The late Rafsanjani's body being moved from the hospital in an ambulance.

Outside the hospital.

Fatemeh and Faeze Hashemi, Rafsanjani's daughters, on their way to Jamaran, which was Khomeini's residence.

Rafsanjani's coffin in Jamaran.

 

[Kuwaiti Girl]

May he rest in peace.

 

[VEVAK]

RIP! He was a great man without home the Revolution would have never happened!!!!!! And he served his country till his dying breath!!!!! Iran and Iranians owe a lot to this man! RIP