Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, then head of Iran's Assembly of Experts, speaks during the assembly's biannual meeting in Tehran September 14, 2010 (REUTERS / Caren Firouz)
DUBAI: Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was taken to hospital on Sunday with a heart condition, the official Iranian news agency IRNA reported.
“Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was hospitalised about an hour ago ... in Tehran because of a heart condition,” IRNA reported, without giving further details.
Rafsanjani, 82, is still an influential figure in Iran, and heads the Expediency Council, a body which is intended to resolve disputes between the parliament and the Guardian Council.
(Reporting by Dubai newsroom; Editing by Alison Williams)
