Only months after the revolution, Rafsanjani was shot once in the stomach by gunmen from one of the groups vying for power amid the political turmoil.
He was not seriously wounded—and neither was his wife, who jumped in front to shield him from the attack. "
Great men of history do not die", Khomeini said in announcing that Rafsanjani had survived.
Only months after the revolution, Rafsanjani was shot once in the stomach by gunmen from one of the groups vying for power amid the political turmoil. He was not seriously wounded—and neither was his wife, who jumped in front to shield him from the attack. "Great men of history do not die", Khomeini said in announcing that Rafsanjani had survived.
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani