World News | Iran's First President Banisadr Dies at 88

Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Iran's first President Abolhassan Banisadr died Saturday at the age of 88, according to Iranian state media.

Former Iranian President Abolhassan Banisadr [Image: Reuters]

Tehran [Iran], October 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Iran's first President Abolhassan Banisadr died Saturday at the age of 88, according to Iranian state media.

After the 1979 revolution in Iran, Banisadr, a politician and economist, was elected as the country's first president on January 25, 1980.

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The 1979 revolution transformed the U.S.-backed and monarch-ruled country into a republic under Islamic ideology. (ANI/Xinhua)

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