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Asharq Al-awsat English
April 15, 2018
The movement is notorious for leading pressure groups that targeted self-declared moderate presidents in Iran, such as former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and former President Mohammad Khatami. Ansar-e-Hezbollah soon emerged as one of the most powerful conservative lobbying tools.
Independent Newspapers Limited
April 14, 2018
In his welcome remarks, the Executive Director of CISLAC, Mr. Auwal Musa Rafsanjani commended participants for taking out precious time to attend the event. He stressed the importance of the event as it not only keys into the theme of this year's NGO CSW62 Forum: “Achieving gender equality and theÃâà...
Scroll.in
April 13, 2018
Haeri quotes Rafsanjani as saying, “If we had a healthy society…then when they felt the [sexual] need, niaz, they could approach one of their friends or relatives from a position of confidence and invite him to marry them temporarily…This they could do without fear of being shamed or ostracized by others.”.
The Punch
April 7, 2018
The Head of Transparency International in Nigeria and Director of the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, Musa Rafsanjani, speaks on the looters' list released by the Federal Government, election-rigging confession and other issues, in this interview with OLALEYE ALUKO. The Federal GovernmentÃâà...
Al-Monitor
April 5, 2018
Following the sudden resignation of Tehran Mayor Mohammad Ali Najafi last month, speculation has been growing that Mohsen Hashemi, the eldest son of the late former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, could become his successor. However, it seems as if the Reformists are not in favor of such aÃâà...
Asharq Al-awsat English
March 31, 2018
“In a nuclear duel in the region, Israel may kill 100 million Muslims,” Rafsanjani said in a speech in Tehran in October 2000. “Muslims can sustain such casualties, knowing that, in exchange, there would be no Israel on the map.” Iran's top military commanders also speak about a military clash with theÃâà...
Daily Trust
March 30, 2018
Executive Director of CISLAC Auwal Musa Rafsanjani said yesterday in Abuja at the public presentation that the report is part of the Integrity, Mobilization, Participation, Accountability, Anti-Corruption, and Transparency (IMPACT Nigeria) Project aimed at supporting the entrenchment of transparency inÃâà...
The Boston Globe
March 29, 2018
His public-defender wife, Rooni (Tiya Sircar), appears about as often as Blumberg's wife and Gimlet's creative director, Nazanin Rafsanjani, did. Even billionaire Chris Sacca, an early investor in Twitter and Uber to whom Blumberg pitches his company in the first episode of ''StartUp,'' plays himself on theÃâà...
THISDAY Newspapers
March 29, 2018
In his welcome remarks, the Executive Director of CISLAC, Rafsanjani commended participants for attending the event. He stressed the importance of the event as it not only keys into the theme of this year's NGO CSW62 Forum: “Achieving gender equality and the empowerment of rural women and girls,”Ãâà...
THISDAY Newspapers
March 29, 2018
Rafsanjani said the decision of the federal government on increase on excise duty is a welcome development, just at the countries that had carried out the policy in the past are not known to have reported that their tobacco firms were shut down. The policy, he noted, is always on the positive trend which isÃâà...
Cleveland Jewish News
March 28, 2018
(Blumberg is married to Nazanin Rafsanjani, a fellow media producer who is Asian, like Sircar.) Braff also reserved special praise for Elisha Henig, a recent bar mitzvah who plays Schuman's son, Ben. “'Family Ties' was supposed to be a star vehicle for Meredith Baxter until this kid Michael J. Fox took over.
Independent Newspapers Limited
March 26, 2018
Auwal Musa Rafsanjani, the Executive Director of Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), in this interview with SYLVESTER ENOGHASE, admonished the National Assembly to urgently pass all components of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) to transform the petroleum sector. Excerpts: Sir, youÃâà...
Tehran Times
March 5, 2018
TEHRAN – Iranian women have gained outstanding positions in the society and opportunities should be provided for women's presence in political, economic, social and managerial positions, head of the Iranian Women's Solidarity Association said. Fatemeh Hashemi Rafsanjani made the remarks whileÃâà...
Al-Monitor
February 28, 2018
Iran's Islamic Azad University (IAU), which was established by moderate Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, is now in the hands of hard-liners who have decided to lay off pro-reform professors. After Rafsanjani's death in January 2017, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei named his conservativeÃâà...
The Guardian
January 10, 2018
Tuesday marked one year in the Persian calendar since the sudden death of the pragmatist ayatollah, who served as president for two consecutive terms until 1997. Rafsanjani's daughter Faezeh Hashemi revealed last month that an examination led by the country's supreme national security council hadÃâà...
Middle East Eye
January 9, 2018
Iran has reopened its investigation into the death of former president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, according to a Guardian report on Tuesday. Rafsanjani's eldest son, Yaser Hashemi, said Iranian President Hassan Rouhani moved to reopen the investigation after rejecting a report on the death of theÃâà...
RadioFarda
December 16, 2017
The body of the deceased Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani had contained radioactive elements “10 times more than the allowed level”, his daughter Faezeh Hashemi has said. In an interview with E'temed News Website, Hashemi added that her family has been informed about that fact during aÃâà...
International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran
October 14, 2017
Four family members of the late Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani have been banned from traveling abroad by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), while one member is facing a “fabricated case” against her, an informed source told the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI).
New York Times
January 10, 2017
Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a former president of Iran and a founder of the Islamic republic, who navigated the opaque shoals of his country's theocracy as one of its most enduring, wiliest and wealthiest leaders, died on Sunday in Tehran. He was 82. His death was announced by Iranian stateÃâà...
Al-Monitor
December 31, 1999
In 2005, Kamal Tabrizi, known for his taboo-breaking comedy “The Lizard” — which portrayed a man pretending to be a cleric — made an acclaimed documentary about then-candidate Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. Meanwhile, hard-line Javad Shamaghdari directed a documentary about then-candidateÃâà...
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