Iranian state television has announced the death of former president and leading reformer Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.

afsanjani, 82 and suffering from heart ailments, died Sunday at a hospital north of Tehran.

Rafsanjani, who served as president from 1989 to 1997, was earlier seen as a top adviser to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the leader of the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

Rafsanjani's presidency saw the country seeking to rebuild its economy from the ruinous 1980-1988 war with neighboring Iraq. It was also marked by a series of cautious reforms which saw wider freedoms emerge, particularly in the country's tightly controlled media.

The government has announced three days of mourning, making Tuesday a public holiday for his funeral in Tehran.

伊朗官方电视台宣布，前总统、改革派领导人阿克巴·哈什米·拉夫桑贾尼去世。

拉夫桑贾尼享年82岁，因心脏病星期天在德黑兰以北的一家医院去世。

拉夫桑贾尼从1989年到1997年期间担任伊朗总统，还曾是1979年伊斯兰革命领导人阿亚图拉·阿里·哈梅内伊的最高顾问。

拉夫桑贾尼担任总统期间，伊朗努力在1980-1988年两伊战争结束后重建经济，还出现了一系列谨慎的改革，让伊朗实现了更多的自由，特别是在被严格管控的媒体领域。

伊朗政府宣布三天的哀悼期，定星期二为假日，在德黑兰为拉夫桑贾尼举行葬礼。

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