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FILE - In this Dec. 21, 2015 file photo, former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, registers his candidacy for the elections of the Experts Assembly in Tehran, Iran. Iranian state media said Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017 that influential former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has died at age 82 after having been hospitalized because of a heart condition. Rafsanjani, who served as president from 1989 to 1997, was a leading politician who often played kingmaker in the country's turbulent politics. He supported President Hassan Rouhani. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)

Influential former Iranian leader Rafsanjani dead at age 82

By NASSER KARIMI - Associated Press

Men wait in line at a polling station to vote during presidential elections in Qom, 125 kilometers (78 miles) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Iran’s leader jabs U.S. as presidential vote begins

By Nasser Karimi - Associated Press

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

Rafsanjani’s disqualification from Iranian presidential race stuns Tehran

By Brendan Daly - Special to The Washington Times

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (center) is flanked by supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (left), chief of the Expediency Council, and Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Mr. Rafsanjani, who previously served as president of Iran and remains a political force, favors a more moderate approach to the West. (Associated Press)

West might welcome Rafsanjani to power in Iran

By Nasser Karimi And Brian Murphy - Associated Press

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