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Former Iranian president Rafsanjani dead: agencies
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Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has died aged 82. (AAP)
Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani died in hospital on Sunday after suffering a heart attack, the ISNA and Fars news agencies reported.
Rafsanjani, who was 82, served as president twice and was a pivotal figure in the foundation of the Islamic republic in 1979.
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