Mr Rafsanjani had suffered a heart attack on Sunday and died in an hospital in Tehran.He died at the age of 82. He served as president from 1989 to 1997 but lost to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad when he ran again in 2005.
Rafsanjani was an influential figure in Iran, and headed the Expediency Council, a body which is intended to resolve disputes between the parliament and the Guardian Council.
He was also a member of the Assembly of Experts, the clerical body that selects the supreme leader, Iran’s most powerful figure.
from- channel news.
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