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Iran's influential former President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani delivers the weekly Friday prayer sermon at Tehran University
Monday, Jul. 20, 2009

Open quoteEverything in our Islamic Republic is based on votes. Without the people's vote, things cannot go on. Close quote

  • ALI AKBAR HASHEMI RAFSANJANI,
  • former Iranian President, saying the government should address doubts about the legitimacy of last month's presidential election
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