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Iran reopens investigation into Rafsanjani death
Source: The Guardian
Iran reopens investigation into Rafsanjani death
Relatives of former president say his body had high radiation levels and they doubt the official finding of cardiac arrest
Saeed Kamali Dehghan Iran correspondent
Tue 9 Jan ‘18 17.03 GMT
Iran has reopened an investigation into the death of its former president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, according to members of his family who say his body had unusually high radiation levels.
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 had determined that the level of radioactivity in her father’s body was 10 times what is considered permissible.
The cleric’s son Yaser Hashemi said this week that the current president, Hassan Rouhani, a close ally of Rafsanjani, had ordered the council to reopen the investigation.
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Relatives of former president say his body had high radiation levels and they doubt the official finding of cardiac arrest
Saeed Kamali Dehghan Iran correspondent
Tue 9 Jan ‘18 17.03 GMT
Iran has reopened an investigation into the death of its former president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, according to members of his family who say his body had unusually high radiation levels.
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 had determined that the level of radioactivity in her father’s body was 10 times what is considered permissible.
The cleric’s son Yaser Hashemi said this week that the current president, Hassan Rouhani, a close ally of Rafsanjani, had ordered the council to reopen the investigation.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/09/iran-reopens-investigation-into-rafsanjani-death
