Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
In his final years, Hashemi Rafsanjani served as a vessel for the publicâs will, as a well as a catalyst for its transformation.
Without the moderate leader, he says, the regime will maintain a âconfrontation and secret compromiseâ trend, perhaps more easily with President Trump.
Rafsanjani was an influential figure and head of the Expediency Council.