Baku, Azerbaijan, Feb. 9
By Khalid Kazimov – Trend
Mohammad Hashemi, a brother to Iran’s Former President Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani, has refused rumors suggesting that the late official was assassinated.
Mohammad Hashemi has said his brother was neither assassinated nor strangled, ISNA news agency reported.
The ex-president passed away at a swimming pool due to a heart failure, Hashemi added. According to the sibling, the ex-president never let his bodyguards accompany him in swimming pool.
Iran’s former president and the chairman of Expediency Council of the country, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani passed away aged 82 on Jan. 8.