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Rafsanjani bides time as fury builds

By Roula Khalaf and Najmeh Bozorgmehr in Tehran

Published: June 18 2009 19:51 | Last updated: June 19 2009 09:03

Where is Rafsanjani? This question has occupied Iran watchers as the country has been gripped by an extra­ordinary wave of protests against last Friday’s presidential election.

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, one of the most powerful figures in the Iranian regime, and leading backer of Mir-Hossein Moussavi, the reformist candidate alleging mass fraud, has not been heard from.

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