Tehran
Former Iranian president and Chairman of the Expediency Council Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Rafsanjani passed away Sunday.
He was hospitalized due to heart attack in a state-run hospital in the Iranian capital earlier in the day.
According to IRNA, Iran will observe three days of public mourning to mark death of Chairman of the Expediency Council Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.
Rafsanjani, a veteran Iranian cleric, a pillar of the Islamic Revolution and a leading politician, served in different positions in the post-1979 Islamic Revolution era.
Rafsanjani, a veteran Iranian cleric and politician has served in different posts since 1979 Islamic Revolution.
Iranian media reported earlier Sunday that he was taken to a hospital north of Tehran because of a heart condition. State television broke into programming to announce his death.
Rafsanjani’s mix of sly wit and reputation for cunning moves — both in politics and business — earned him a host of nicknames such as Akbar Shah, or Great King, during a life that touched every major event in Iranian affairs since before the 1979 Islamic Revolution.