The death of Iran’s ultimate political insider gives hard-liners an edge
by Karl Vick
Jan 14, 2017
2 minutes
TO SAY ALI AKBAR HASHEMI RAFSANJANI INSPIRED mixed emotions is to begin to understand Iran. The power broker, who died on Jan. 8 at age 82, reflected the contradictions that define the Islamic Republic. Rafsanjani was both revolutionary and evolutionary, a reputed killer and a subtle diplomat, famously corrupt and, late
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