Rafsanjani, Hojatoleslam Ali Akbar Hashemi
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRafsanjani, Hojatoleslam Ali Akbar HashemiHojatoleslam Ali Akbar Hashemi RafsanjaniRaf‧san‧ja‧ni, Ho‧ja‧tol‧es‧lam Al‧i Ak‧bar Hash‧e‧mi /ˌræfsænˈdʒɑːni, ˈhəʊdʒætɒlɪˌslɑːm ˈæli ˈækbɑː ˈhæʃemi $ ˈhoʊdʒətɑːl-, -bɑːr/ (1934–) an Iranian religious teacher and politician who became state president after the death of Ayatollah Khomeini in 1989 and ruled until 1997