Chairman of the Experts Assembly Hashemi Rafsanjani speaks in Iran
Chairman of the Experts Assembly and Iran's former President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani speaks during the inaugural session of a one-day seminar entitled 'National Unity, Strategies and Policies' in Tehran, Iran on November 12, 2007. Rafsanjani stressed unity as the main element of solving problems. (UPI Photo/Mohammad Kheirkhah)
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- With parliamentary elections set for this year, Iranians are reviewing last year's Arab uprisings intently, a Middle East scholar notes.
TEHRAN, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- The daughter of former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was sentenced to six months in prison for making anti-government statements, officials said.
TEHRAN, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- An Iranian court said the daughter of a former Iranian president was sentenced to jail and barred from political life for making claims against the state.
TEHRAN, March 23 (UPI) -- Iranian authorities arrested the grandson of former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani following his return to Iran last weekend.
TEHRAN, Feb. 24 (UPI) -- Hezbollah is entitled to respond to repeated and persistent military threats from Israel, said Iranian political leader Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.
TEHRAN, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- Conservative officials in Iran lashed out at leading influential reformist cleric Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani for his support for the opposition movement.
TEHRAN, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- Former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani came under fire from the Intelligence Ministry for inciting unrest in opposition to the clerical regime.
TEHRAN, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- Iran and Libya must cooperate to ensure their common enemies do not propagate religious friction as a weapon against Islamic states, officials say.
TEHRAN, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- A son of influential Iranian cleric Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani denied allegations he was linked to the embezzlement of $2 million in fuel assets.
TEHRAN, July 17 (UPI) -- Riot police used tear gas to disperse crowds who gathered at Tehran University following Friday prayers led by opposition cleric Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.
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