Iran mourns "a great man of the revolution"
09.01.2017 - 18:57
Iran has begun three days of national mourning following the death of former President Hashemi Rafsanjani. Iran has begun three days of national mourning following the death of former President Hashemi Rafsanjani.
The 82-year-old died in hospital on Sunday after suffering a heart attack.
Officials, relatives and the general public have been paying their respects as his coffin lies in Jamaran prayer hall, the famous residence of the founder of the Islamic Republic Ayatollah Khomeini.
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said Iran has lost one of the greatest pillars of the revolution, friend of Imam Khomeini and a friend of our current supreme leader.”