Rafsanjani's new term
Iran's President, Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, began his second four-year term yesterday after Ayatollah Ali Khamenei formally endorsed the result of elections held in June, Reuter reports from Tehran. President Rafsanjani received 63 per cent of the votes cast.
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