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Former influential President Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, second left, a member of Iran's Experts Assembly, attends a seasonal meeting of the assembly, while other members, Ayatollah Morteza Moqtadaei, right, Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Jazayeri,... View Photo »
Former head of Iran's Assembly of Experts Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani attends the assembly's six-monthly session in Tehran on September 6, 2011. Iran's Assembly of Experts is an 86-seat body selects the supreme leader and supervises his activities and... View Photo »
This photo released by an official website of the Iranian supreme leader's office, shows seated from left, the grandson of late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, Hassan Khomeini, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Judiciary Chief Sadeq Larijani, head... View Photo »
A picture taken on August 26, 2008 in Tehran shows Iran's ex-premier Ayatollah Mohammad Reza Mahdavi Kani attending a meeting of the Assembly of Experts, the 86-member body which selects the supreme leader, supervises his activities and can dismiss him. View Photo »
EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on leaving the office to report, film or take pictures in Tehran. Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani attends Iran's Assembly of Experts' biannual meeting... View Photo »
EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on leaving the office to report, film or take pictures in Tehran. Guardian Council Chief Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati (top L) and Ayatollah Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah (R) listen to... View Photo »
Iranian clerics attend a meeting of the Assembly of Experts in Tehran on March 8, 2011 where former Iranian president and powerful cleric Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was replaced with former premier Ayatollah Mohammad Reza Mahdavi Kani as head of the influential... View Photo »
Former Iranian president and head of Iran's Assembly of Experts, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, drinks water during a meeting of the top clerical body in Tehran on March 8, 2011. Rafsanjani lost a key regime post when he was replaced as head of the body... View Photo »
Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (Persian: اکبر هاشمی رفسنجانی Akbar Hāshemī Rafsanjānī, Hashemi Bahramani (هاشمی بهرمانی); born February 15, 1934) is an influential Iranian politician, businessman and former President. Currently he holds the position of Chairman of the Assembly of Experts (a deliberative body of Mujtahids that is charged with... Full Article
Former head of Iran's Assembly of Experts Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani attends the assembly's six-monthly session in Tehran on September 6, 2011. Iran's Assembly of Experts is an 86-seat body selects the supreme leader and supervises his activities and holds sessions twice a year.
View Photo »This photo released by an official website of the Iranian supreme leader's office, shows seated from left, the grandson of late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, Hassan Khomeini, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Judiciary Chief Sadeq Larijani, head of Expediency Council Akbar Hashemi...
View Photo »EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on leaving the office to report, film or take pictures in Tehran. Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani attends Iran's Assembly of Experts' biannual meeting in Tehran March 8, 2011. Rafsanjani...
View Photo »Iranian clerics attend a meeting of the Assembly of Experts in Tehran on March 8, 2011 where former Iranian president and powerful cleric Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was replaced with former premier Ayatollah Mohammad Reza Mahdavi Kani as head of the influential body, which oversees the work...
View Photo »Former Iranian president and head of Iran's Assembly of Experts, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, drinks water during a meeting of the top clerical body in Tehran on March 8, 2011. Rafsanjani lost a key regime post when he was replaced as head of the body which oversees the work of the supreme...
View Photo »A picture taken on August 26, 2008 in Tehran shows Iran's ex-premier Ayatollah Mohammad Reza Mahdavi Kani attending a meeting of the Assembly of Experts, the 86-member body which selects the supreme leader, supervises his activities and can dismiss him. Kani, 80, was elected as new...
View Photo »EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on leaving the office to report, film or take pictures in Tehran. Guardian Council Chief Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati (top L) and Ayatollah Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah (R) listen to the opening speech during Iran's...
View Photo »Former head of Iran's Assembly of Experts Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani attends the assembly's six-monthly session in Tehran on September 6, 2011. Iran's Assembly of Experts is an 86-seat body selects the supreme leader and supervises his activities and holds sessions twice a year.
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