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Former Iranian president Rafsanjani ponders run in upcoming election
TEHRAN — Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, one of Iran’s most enduring political figures, has reentered the spotlight just over a month before Iranians vote in a presidential election.
At 78, Rafsanjani, who was the Islamic Republic’s president from 1989 until 1997, hinted this week that he is considering one more run for the country’s top elected post, a prospect that has at once energized and unsettled Iran’s political class.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/former-iranian-president-rafsanjani-ponders-run-in-upcoming-election/2013/05/10/ab158fca-b965-11e2-b568-6917f6ac6d9d_story.html
Apparently, he has registered to run in June.
