The BBC News website published numerous reports concerning the death of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani on January 8th and a common feature in all that content was the promotion of the notion that Rafsanjani was a ‘moderate’ and a ‘reformer’.
Iran’s ex-President Rafsanjani dies at 82:
“In recent years, our correspondent says, he has been a central figure in the reform movement that has been trying to have a moderating influence on Iran and Ayatollah Khamenei.”
Obituary: Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani:
“Seen as “pragmatic conservative”, Rafsanjani was a leading member of the Iran’s religious establishment who gained popularity in later life among the country’s moderates. […]
He went on to be openly critical of Mr Ahmadinejad and became a key supporter of his reform-minded successor, Hassan Rouhani.”
Ex-President Rafsanjani a ‘most influential figure’ in Iran:
“…in recent years he has been instrumental in pushing a line of moderation…
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Utopia, you are standing in it! 
Jan 15, 2017 @ 22:23:49
so did the economist!
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