During the first term of his Presidency, Rafsanjani set about rebuilding Iran after 8 years of war with Iraq. But, there were also assassinations of his opposition figures by Rafsanjani's Intelligence Ministry, and all protests were crushed.
After he left office, Rafsanjani began to support the pro-reform Green Movement, for example Mousavi. In the protests that followed Ahmadinejad's victory, the rivalry between Rafsanjani and Khomenei to the surface of Iranian politics.
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