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Senior Iran lawmaker nixes Turkey for nuke talks
April 08, 2012
April 08, 2012
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such as the toppled regimes of Egypt's Hosni Mubarak and Tunisia's Bin Ali
On Tuesday, several Iranian newspapers had republished a recent interview by Rafsanjani in which he recounted his proposals made in the late 1980s to then-Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to seek ways to mend ties with the United States.
Rafsanjani is seen as a leading voice within the moderate faction within the Iranian leadership who has close ties with the current supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Rafsanjani is head of the Expediency Council, which arbitrates parliamentary disputes and advises Khamenei.
such as the toppled regimes of Egypt's Hosni Mubarak and Tunisia's Bin Ali
On Tuesday, several Iranian newspapers had republished a recent interview by Rafsanjani in which he recounted his proposals made in the late 1980s to then-Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to seek ways to mend ties with the United States.
Rafsanjani is seen as a leading voice within the moderate faction within the Iranian leadership who has close ties with the current supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Rafsanjani is head of the Expediency Council, which arbitrates parliamentary disputes and advises Khamenei.
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