Raised on a pistachio farm, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (born 1934) rose to become the most important political leader in revolutionary Iran. Known as a shrewd survivor, Iran's "smiling powerbroker" work...
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Buenos Aires (dpa) - Argentine public prosecutors, still pursuing
a 1994 bombing of a Jewish site in Buenos Aires, are seeking an
international arrest warrant for former Ira...
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Tehran (dpa) - The head of Iran's intelligence is to brief
parliament over the detention of former senior nuclear negotiator
Hossein Moussavian, the Fars news agency reporte...
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Tehran (dpa) - Iran's ex-president Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani called
Friday on the United States to acknowledge the latest agreement
between Iran and the International Atomic ...
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Tehran (dpa) - Tehran called on the Interpol Tuesday to arrest
five Argentinians for false testimony against Iran, state news agency
IRNA reported.
Iranian de...
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Tehran (dpa) - Tehran called on Interpol Tuesday to arrest
five Argentinians for false testimony against Iran, state news agency
IRNA reported.
Iranian deputy...
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Tehran (dpa) - Iran's former president Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani on
Friday warned the West not to politicise the dispute over the
country's nuclear programme in next week's m...
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Former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani warned Western countries Sunday that their strategy of pressuring Iran to roll back its nuclear program by imposing sanctions will backfire.Rafsanjani, who...
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A former Iranian nuclear negotiator who reportedly faces espionage charges was released on bail Wednesday, state television said.Hossein Mousavian was part of Iran's nuclear negotiating team under ...
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Tehran (dpa) - Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani
called on the West Friday to settle the nuclear dispute through talks
and to be beware of any decision which...
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Tehran (dpa) - Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani
on Friday blamed the government for the arrests of teachers in north-
west Iran.
"Teachers ar...
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