Al-Monitor | Arash Karami: The cause of Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjanis death a year ago is proving to be as difficult to explain as his storied political career. On Jan.7, Yasser Hashemi, one of Rafsanjanis sons, said President Hassan Rouhani hadrejected the findingsof the Supreme National Security Council regarding the cause ofRafsanjanis deathand ...

IRNA - President Hassan Rouhani here on Tuesday commemorated the late Expediency Council Chairman Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani describing him a politician whose wish was Iran's glory. In a Twitter message on the occasion of first anniversary of yatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani's demise, President Rouhani called him 'a yardstick of politics and ...

Tasnim Tehran is going to host a congress on Tuesday in commemoration of former Iranian president and chairman of the countrys Expediency Council Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani on his first death anniversary. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is going to deliver a speech at the congress, a son of the late cleric, Mohsen Hashemi, told Tasnim ...

Al-Monitor- This past Iranian calendar year, which ended on March 20, was not favorable to moderate President Hassan Rouhani, despite his expectations. Rather, it turned out to be an ominous year, in the span of which the three main high-ranking clerics who backed Rouhani from the very beginning of his campaign for office in 2013 and through the ups ...

IFP- Gholam-Ali Rajaee, one of the close associates of demised Rafsanjani, has reacted to the propaganda campaign launched by some foreign media outlets which have tried to create the impression that Rafsanjanis death was suspicious. How dare they say the [Iranian] Establishment was behind Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjanis death, said Rajaee, according ...

IRNA President Hassan Rouhani attended on Thursday memorial service held on the fortieth day after the death of Late Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Chairman of Irans Expediency Council. Several governmental officials, as well as parliamentarians, the Judiciary Power and Armed Forces authorities, were also participated at the memorial ceremony ...

Al-Monitor- The Jan. 8 death of Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani could change the balance at the top of Irans political establishment. Rafsanjani, who had a great influence on the Reformists and also on a large part of the conservative camp, had become an independent and moderate politician opposed to the hard-liners in recent years. Prior ...

Al-Monitor- Much has been said about the political legacy of formerIranian PresidentAli Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjanifollowing his death Jan.8 at the age of 82 from a heart attack, but his most lasting legacywill be in higher education. Ayatollah Rafsanjani was among the founders of Islamic Azad University (IAU)and served as head of its Founders' Committee,...

Al-Monitor- When former Iranian President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani died Jan. 8, much was made of the absence of a message of condolence from Saudi Arabia. This was especially stark since Rafsanjani personally enjoyed good relations with many Arab leaders and had played a key role in the Saudi-Iranian rapprochement in the years after the end of ...

Washington Post|Amir Hossein Mahdavi: The recent death of Irans former president Hashemi Rafsanjani has triggered fears that Irans reformist camp has also been fatally wounded. Many are concerned that without Rafsanjanis imposing presence, current President Hassan Rouhani will be overpowered by the conservative religious establishment and a controlling ...

Iran Front Page- Newspapers today highlighted the latest updates on the Thursday collapse of Plasco Building, including President Hassan Rouhanis visit to the site and his orders. They also covered Iranian peoples spontaneous moves to commemorate the firefighters killed in the tragic incident. US President Donald Trumps inauguration and the massive ...

IFP- After the unexpected demise of Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, the well-known Iranian moderate politician, Asadollah Badamchian, a member of Islamic Coalition Party, one of the oldest conservative political-religious organizations and pioneers of Islamic movement led by Imam Khomeini, showed up in a televised program to say the gun used to ...

Al Monitor| Hamidreza Azizi: Given that former president and Expediency Council Chairman Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was one of the most influential politicians in Iran, and most importantly, one of the main supporters of President Hassan Rouhani, there have been many discussions about the impact of his death on Iranian politics. At the ...

Iran Front Page- Newspapers today covered the remarks made by Ali Akbar Nateq Noori, a senior conservative politician and an old companion of Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, in a memorial service held for the late chairman of Irans Expediency Council on the seventh day after his demise. They also highlighted the press conference of Abbas Araqchi,...

IRNA The commemoration service for the late Chairman of Iran's Expediency Council, Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, was held on his tomb in southern Tehran on Sunday. Ayatollah Rafsanjani, an influential politician and one of the pillars of the Islamic Revolution died of an heart attack at the age of 82 in a Tehran hospital on Sunday (January ...

The Guardian- Signs that campaign for reform may be revived after former presidents funeral sparks protest The turnout was huge and for those who still hope that Irans theocratic regime can be reformed, it was full of pathos. As Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, the Islamic republics former president, was laid to rest on Tuesday in south Tehran, hundreds ...

January 15, The Iran Project The Chairman of Expediency Council Ayatollah Rafsanjanipassingaway and the nations huge funeral turnout, holding 6th joint commission on JCPOA in Vienna, Chief Executive Officer of Afghanistan Abdullah Abdullah visit to Iran and meeting with senior Iranian officials, Iranreceiving1st Airbus plane after JCPOA implementation,...

Iran Front Page- Newspapers today marked the first anniversary of the implementation of Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers, by covering the remarks made by various Iranian officials. They also continued covering the demise of Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, the former president of Iran ...

January 15, The Iran Project The Chairman of Expediency Council Ayatollah Rafsanjanipassingaway and the nation's huge funeral turnout, holding 6th joint commission on JCPOA in Vienna, Chief Executive Officer of Afghanistan Abdullah Abdullah visit to Iran and meeting with senior Iranian officials, Iranreceiving1st Airbus plane after JCPOA implementation,...

IFP- Gholam-Reza Mesbahi Moqaddam, a senior politician and a member of the Expediency Council, announced that the Council, whose chairman Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani recently passed away, can be chaired by President Hassan Rouhani until Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei appoints a new chairman. In the absence of Expediency Councils chairman, ...