Rafsanjani, Iran leader whose life mirrored nation's, dies

Monday, January 9, 2017

TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran's former president, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, died Sunday after a decades-long career in the ruling elite, where his moderate views were not always welcome but his cunning guided him through revolution, war and the country's turbulent politics.

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