Mohsen Hashemi

Mohsen Hashemi Rafsanjani (, born 24 October 1961) is an Iranian politician, academic and engineer who served as a member and was chairman of the City Council of Tehran from 2017 to 2021. He was the deputy director of Iran's Islamic Azad University from 2013 until 2017 and chairman and CEO of Tehran Metro for 13 years. He was the main reformist member candidate for the fourth period of the Tehran city council in 2013 as Tehran Mayor, but lost to Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf. In 2017, he was elected as a city councilor and later was elected as chairman of the council. Early life Mohsen Hashemi Rafsanjani was born on (24 October 1961 in Qom, Iran. He is the eldest son of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, the fourth president of Iran, and his wife, Effat Marashi. He has two sisters, Fatemeh and Faezeh. He also has two younger brothers, Mehdi and Yasser. During his childhood, his family was pursued by the SAVAK. At age three, Rafsanjani's father was jailed by the SAVAK. His father moved the family from Qom to Tehran to escape persecution. Rafsanjani studied at Islamic schools in Tehran, such as Alavi and Valyasr. Rafsanjani's father was jailed for three years before the Iranian Revolution. During that time, Rafsanjani was the head of the house. He became active in cultural school activities and responsibilities in the bazaar Tajrish mosque library, where he read books. During the Iranian Revolution, seventeen-year-old Rafsanjani was active alongside the revolutionaries.