Less seen photos of Abolhassan Banisadr

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Elected president in 1980, Banisadr was impeached 16 months after taking office for challenging the growing power of clerics.He fled to France, where he was briefly part of a group dedicated to trying to overthrow the clerical authorities.
His family say he died at a Paris hospital after a long illness.

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