Zarif: Loss of Rafsanjani was loss of essential voice of reason

EghtesadOnline: Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif on Monday described the loss of late Chairman of Expediency Council Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani as the loss of an essential voice of reason for the world.

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09 January 2017

Twitting hours after the demise of Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani, Zarif said, 'The Revolution has lost a towering giant; the nation a dedicated patriot; the world an essential voice of reason. May he rest in peace.'

Ayatollah Rafsanjani, 82, died of cardiac arrest caused by heart attack last night, according to IRNA.

Rafsanjani, a veteran Iranian cleric and politician, had served in different posts in the post-1979 Islamic Revolution era.

He was Iran's president between 1989 and 1997.