Iran's first president Banisadr dies at 88
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Updated: 2021-10-09 18:49
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TEHRAN - Iran's first President Abolhassan Banisadr died Saturday at the age of 88, according to Iranian state media.
After 1979 revolution in Iran, Banisadr, a politician and economist, was elected as the country's first president on Jan 25, 1980.
The 1979 revolution transformed the US-backed and monarch-ruled country into a republic under Islamic ideology.
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