Iran Front Page - IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Saturday, January 12, 2019, and picked headlines from 13 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy. Almost all papers today covered the remarks made by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in praise of the late ex-president ...

IRNA The first death anniversary of chairman of the Iranian Expediency Council Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was held in Tehran on Thursday with the participation of a number of senior officials. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, family members of the late Ayatollah, Majlis (Parliament) Speaker Ali Larijani and also a number of senior state ...

Tasnim The first congress in commemoration of the former Iranian president and chairman of the countrys Expediency Council, Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, opened in Tehran on Tuesday with high-ranking officials in attendance. Iranian First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri delivered a speech at the congress held on the first demise anniversary ...

IFP - The late Iranian politician and former president Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was the main supporter of the incumbent president Hassan Rouhani, but his brother Mohammad is going to challenge Rouhanis presidency despite the elder brothers advice. Mohammad Hashemi Rafsanjani showed up on Saturday in the Interior Ministry ...

AP - The outspoken daughter of Iran's late President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has been sentenced to six months in prison for "spreading lies against the judiciary," a semi-official news agency reported Saturday, as the country prepares for a May presidential election. The report by the Fars news agency comes after rumors of a prison sentence handed ...

IRNA President Hassan Rouhani attended on Thursday memorial service held on the fortieth day after the death of Late Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Chairman of Irans Expediency Council. Several governmental officials, as well as parliamentarians, the Judiciary Power and Armed Forces authorities, were also participated at the memorial ceremony ...

MNA By Leader Ayat. Khameneis decree, Ali Akbar Velayati has been appointed to the head of Islamic Azad Universitys board of founders, a position previously held by late Ayat. Hashemi Rafsanjani. Due to the sorrowful loss of the head of the Islamic Azad Universitys board of founders and trustees, and the silence of the statute adopted by the Supreme ...

IFP- After the unexpected demise of Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, the well-known Iranian moderate politician, Asadollah Badamchian, a member of Islamic Coalition Party, one of the oldest conservative political-religious organizations and pioneers of Islamic movement led by Imam Khomeini, showed up in a televised program to say the gun used to ...

IRNA The commemoration service for the late Chairman of Iran's Expediency Council, Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, was held on his tomb in southern Tehran on Sunday. Ayatollah Rafsanjani, an influential politician and one of the pillars of the Islamic Revolution died of an heart attack at the age of 82 in a Tehran hospital on Sunday (January ...

January 15, The Iran Project The Chairman of Expediency Council Ayatollah Rafsanjanipassingaway and the nation's huge funeral turnout, holding 6th joint commission on JCPOA in Vienna, Chief Executive Officer of Afghanistan Abdullah Abdullah visit to Iran and meeting with senior Iranian officials, Iranreceiving1st Airbus plane after JCPOA implementation,...

IRNA The Chairman of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Executive Board Michael Worbs extended condolences on the demise of the late Chairman of the Expediency Council Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani who passed away on Jan 8. In his message addressed to the Iranian ambassador to UNESCO Ahmad Jalali, Worbs ...

IRNA Senegalese President, Macky Sall, in a message to President Hassan Rouhani on Friday extended his condolences on the death of the late Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. In the message, President Sall expressed his deep sorrow and regret over the sad occasion and offered his condolences to Iranian nation and the bereaved family of the late ...

January 12, The Iran Project 12 - Ocean of mourners, high-ranking officials and a large number of people from all walks of life escorted body of the late Chairman of the Expediency Council Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjan, a symbol of unity among various political groups, in the Iranian capital on Jan 9, 2017. A large number of Iranian officials ...

IRNA Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Wednesday attended a memorial ceremony hosted by him for the late Expediency Council chairman Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. Family members of Ayatollah Rafsanjani, heads of the three branches of the Government, country's civil and military officials as well as people ...

IRNA - Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani in a message expressed condolences on the demise of the late Chairman of the Expediency Council Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani who passed away at 82 on Sunday. In his message addressed to the late Ayatollah Rafsanjani's brother Mohammad Hashemi Rafsanjani, Ayatollah Sistani condoled his family members on the ...

IRNA Pakistans Adviser to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs paying homage to deceased ex-president of Iran and the Chairman of the Expediency Council Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said that he always paid very special attention to Iran-Pakistan relations. In an interview with IRNA after signing the condolence book at the embassy of Iran, Sartaj ...

IRNA Director General of ITER said on Tuesday that the late Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani supported nuclear fusion project, hoping that his invaluable legacy will be appreciated by promoting the Iran-ITER cooperation. In a message to the Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali-Akbar Salehi, Bernard Bigot condoled him on the ...

IRNA Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida in separate messages on Tuesday extended condolences on the demise of Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. Abe in his message expressed sympathy on the sad occasion and hailed the achievements of the late chairman of the Expediency Council. Rafsanjani died at the age of ...

IRNA| Ahmad Moeini Jam: Body of the deceased Expediency Council Chairman Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was laid to rest Tuesday at the mausoleum of the Founder of the Islamic Republic late Imam Khomeini in south of Tehran.  

January 10, The Iran Project - Head of Iran's Islamic Azad University has offered his condolences over the demise of Chairman of the Expediency Council Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, saying in terms of historical comparison, Rafsanjani deserves comparison with Amir Kabir. Speaking to a reporter on Tuesday, Hamid Mirzadeh, the head of Islamic ...