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Several hundred thousand mourners attended the funeral Tuesday of Iran's former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. A sea of mourners could be seen on national television around the Tehran ...

Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian officially opened the Hashemi Rafsanjani Comprehensive Cancer Centre in Tehran on January 9 in front of top officials and medical staff. The new cancer centre ...