Former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a political titan of post-revolutionary Iran, dies of heart attack | International News Live Blog

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Rafsanjani has been described as "a pillar of the Islamic revolution." His pragmatic policies appealed to many Iranians but were despised by hardliners. http://internationalnewslive.com/former-president-akbar-hashemi-rafsanjani-a-political-titan-of-post-revolutionary-iran-dies-of-heart-attack/