NCR-Iran.orgIran Regime's Factional Feuding Escalates During Rafsanjani's FuneralNCR-Iran.orgNCRI - The burial ceremony of Hashemi Rafsanjani became a prelude for the divide and factional feuding among Iran regime different bands. Some state-run media put finger on issues like Khamenei performing prayer and requiem for the deceased ...and more »
Financial TribuneLeader Hosts Memorial Service for Ayatollah RafsanjaniFinancial TribuneA memorial ceremony for the eminent cleric Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was hosted by the Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei in Tehran on Wednesday. The 82-year-old statesman with over decades of service for the glory ...and more »
Al-MonitorWhat's ahead for Rouhani with death of 'moderation sheikh'?Al-MonitorIt has been three days since Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani passed away, but Iranian media is still buzzing with coverage of the former two-time president. If anything, the wave of reactions to the death of the Expediency Council chairman doesn ...and more »
The DiplomatRafsanjani: The Iranian Revolution's Unlikely ReformerThe DiplomatNo one embodied the travails and contradictions of Iran's Revolution as deeply as the late Hashemi Rafsanjani. By Kevjn Lim for The Diplomat. January 12, 2017. On January 8, former Iranian President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani died of a heart attack ...and more »
Press TVIran arrests MKO ringleader in IsfahanPress TVIran's security forces have arrested a ringleader of the terrorist Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO), who was seeking to create chaos during the funeral procession of a senior Iranian official in the capital Tehran. Iranian media reported on ...and more »
Financial TimesAkbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was a one-man political balancing actFinancial TimesHe held court in Tehran's Marmar palace, a 1930s white-marbled stronghold with a majestic dome and mirrored halls. In what was once the seat of the Pahlavi shahs, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani exuded confidence as he reclined in his chair in the manner of a ...and more »
UNPOIranian Kurdistan/Southern Azerbaijan: Ayatollah Rafsanjani's Funeral Becomes Opportunity to Voice DissentUNPOAn estimated two million flocked the streets of Teheran as Iran's ex-president Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani – one of the founders of the Islamic Republic of Iran – was buried on 10 January 2016. While hardliners chanted pro-government slogans ...and more »
StopFundamentalism.com (blog)Iran: How Will Death of Rafsanjani Impact Regime?StopFundamentalism.com (blog)The former president of Iran, Ali-Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, died on 8th January at the age of 82 of a suspected heart attack. He has been described as one of the main pillars and 'key to the equilibrium' of the Iranian regime as well as one of its ...and more »
LobeLogRafsanjani's LegacyLobeLogAkbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, the man known as the “order's pillar” (sotun-e nezam), died from a sudden heart attack on Sunday. He leaves behind a legacy as complicated and multifaceted as the order (and associated institutions) that he more than anyone ...and more »
Tasnim News Agency (press release)Leader Attends Memorial Service for Ex-Iranian President RafsanjaniTasnim News Agency (press release)TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei participated in a memorial service held to pay tribute to the late prominent cleric Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Iran's former president and chairman of the ...and more »
theTrumpet.comFormer Iranian President Rafsanjani DeadtheTrumpet.comAn influential leader and prominent figure in the 1979 Iranian Revolution, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was one of Iran's most well-known “moderates.” On Sunday, at age 82, he died from a heart attack in a hospital in north Tehran. Depending on which news ...and more »
Al-ArabiyaBurial of Iran's Rafsanjani turns into anti-Russia protestAl-ArabiyaIranians gather around a hearse carrying the coffin of former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani during his funeral ceremony in the capital Tehran, on January 10, 2017. (AFP). Staff writer, Al Arabiya English Wednesday, 11 January 2017. Text size A A A.and more »
Daily TimesRabbani visits Iranian Embassy to condole the death of RafsanjaniDaily TimesISLAMABAD: Chairman Senate Mian Raza Rabbani on Tuesday said the Iranian people had lost a great leader and Pakistan had lost a true friend with the death of Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. He expressed these views while recording his ...and more »
International Campaign for Human Rights in IranRafsanjani's Death Reshuffles the Political Deck in IranInternational Campaign for Human Rights in IranThe public funeral of former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, on January 10, 2017, led to the outpouring in Tehran of public calls for the release of opposition leaders held under house arrest and political prisoners in a resurgence of support for ...and more »
Angry Iranians turn on regime at Rafsanjani's funeralThe Times (subscription)Up to two million mourners filled the streets of Tehran for the funeral of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Iran's former President, in a politically charged outpouring of grief. Reformists, who had come to see the once-feared revolutionary figurehead as a ...and more »
Al-MonitorRafsanjani sparks final controversy as rival mourners clashAl-MonitorTEHRAN, Iran — It was Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani's last journey in Tehran. The 82-year-old symbol of the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran was given a hero's goodbye, with hundreds of thousands of Iranians accompanying his coffin many ...and more »
The Boston GlobeAs protests flare, Iran bids farewell to RafsanjaniThe Boston GlobeTEHRAN — Iranians bade farewell to Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani on Tuesday, with the sprawling state funeral veering slightly off script when groups of mourners started shouting opposition slogans. Authorities were forced to raise the volume on ...and more »
Washington PostWorld Digest: Jan. 10, 2017Washington PostHundreds of thousands mourned former president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani on Tuesday as his body was interred in Tehran alongside the leader of Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution. Rafsanjani's final resting place near Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini ...and more »
OCRegisterIranians mourn as former President Rafsanjani interredOCRegisterA man holds a poster of former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani as he stands up on a tree during his funeral Tuesday in Tehran, Iran. Hundreds of thousands of mourners have flooded the streets of Tehran, beating their chests and wailing in ...and more »
TIMEIran Unites, Briefly, to Mourn a Founding Father of the RepublicTIMEIn the biggest state funeral held in the Islamic Republic in the past quarter of a century, Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, one of the last remaining founding fathers of the republic, was laid to rest on Tuesday. Rafsanjani, a former President who ...and more »
