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31 Dec 2011

Iran blocks former president’s website ahead of vote

Iran has blocked the website of influential former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani ahead of parliamentary elections, for carrying pro-reform critical statements, Iran's semi-official ILNA news agency reported on Friday. The clerical establishment has increased pressure on the pro-reform opposition ahead of the March 2 vote, the first nationwide poll since a 2009 disputed presidential vote that triggered prolonged and widespread anti-government protests. In the past days, some leading reformist figures have been sentenced to long-term jail sentences.
Iran has blocked the website of influential former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani ahead of parliamentary elections,...

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19 Dec 2011

The Battle Within — Ahmadinejad v. Rafsanjani in 5Â Scenes

Hassan Rohani, an ally of former President Hashemi Rafsanjani, hosts a meeting of the Strategic Research Center of the Expediency Council. The topic is the Arab Spring, specifically the role of the Iran-led Islamic Awakening in the movements across North Africa and the Middle East.
Hassan Rohani, an ally of former President Hashemi Rafsanjani, hosts a meeting of the Strategic Research Center of the...

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8 Mar 2011

Rafsanjani Loses Key Post in Iranian Religious Assembly

A powerful Iranian clerical body appointed a candidate backed by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as its new chairman on Tuesday to replace the former president, Ayatollah Ali Akbar Rafsanjani, state media reported, strengthening the hand of hardliners seeking to silence dissent.
A powerful Iranian clerical body appointed a candidate backed by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as its new chairman on...

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6 Mar 2011

Ahmadinejad, Rafsanjani, and the Battle in the Assembly of Experts (Khalaji)

This power struggle within Iran's political elite will be on full display during the March 8-9 semiannual meeting of the Assembly of Experts, the body charged with selecting the country's Supreme Leader and, in the case of the imminent meeting, electing a head of the assembly for the coming year.
This power struggle within Iran's political elite will be on full display during the March 8-9 semiannual meeting of the...

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28 Feb 2011

Nephew of Hashemi Rafsanjani severely beaten

Only three days after Iran s *head of the Expediency Council s daughter Faezeh Rafsanjani was insulted by plainclothes agents and his grandchildren taser attacked, his nephew Nasser Hashemi was confronted by plainclothes agents while visiting his mother s grave site on February 24th. He was severely beaten by plainclothes agents and transferred to a hospital, according to the Ayandeh website. Nasser Hashemi was injured on the head, chest, and hands.
Only three days after Iran s *head of the Expediency Council s daughter Faezeh Rafsanjani was insulted by plainclothes...

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