A look back at life of late Ayatollah Rafsanjani on fourth passing anniversary

Here is a glimpse at major events in the life of the late Chairman of the Expediency Council Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani who passed away at the age of 82 due to heart condition in Tehran four years ago.

Late Ayatollah Rafsanjani played greater role in confronting arrogant powers during imposed war

Seyyed Hassan Khomeini says that late Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani had faced difficult times and confronted the global arrogant powers which backed the then Iraqi regime of Saddam during the imposed war against Iran.

UN rapporteur says General Soleimani assassination ‘nail in the coffin of international law’

A top UN human rights investigator has termed the US assassination of General Qassem Soleimani as “unlawful”, pointing out that the attack was a “nail in the coffin of international law”.

Iran vows to prosecute the culprits in his assassination of General Qassem Soleimani

Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has once again censured the United States for committing a “craven act of terror” against top legendary Iranian commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, vowing to prosecute the culprits in his assassination.

Some 'inside US' may avenge Trump-authorized Soleimani assassination: IRGC

Commander of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says people inside the US may avenge the assassination of top Iranian anti-terror commander, Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani.

Iran warns of ‘US military adventurism’ in Persian Gulf in letter to UN Security Council

Iran’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations (UN) in New York has warned against the United States’ “military adventurism” and recent provocative moves in the Persian Gulf region, at a time that the administration of lame duck US President Donald Trump nears its final days.

Senior Iranian cleric Ayatollah Mesbah Yazdi passes away

Prominent Iranian cleric Ayatollah Mohammad-Taghi Mesbah Yazdi, a member of the Assembly of Experts, has passed away at a hospital in Tehran. Mesbah Yazdi died on Friday evening at the age of 85 due to gastrointestinal disease, according to the semi-official ISNA news agency. He had been hospitalized since Saturday after his condition deteriorated. Ayatollah Mesbah Yazdi played a major part in the uprising — led by late founder of the Islamic Republic Imam Khomeini — that overthrew the US-backed Pahlavi regime in 1979. Following the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Mesbah Yazdi first founded Baqir-ul-Uloom Institute and then Imam Khomeini Education and Research Institute in the city of Qom, which he headed for the rest of his life. The cleric, a philosopher and political theorist, was a member of the Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom. He also served as a member of the Assembly of Experts — the body responsible for electing and monitoring the performance of the Leader — and the Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution. Iran Assembly of Experts appoints Yazdi as new chairman Iran Assembly of Experts appoints Yazdi as new chairman Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi has be

General Soleimani's daughter hails father as charismatic, conqueror of hearts