Editing Khomeinism (section)

===Presidency of [[File:Rafsanjani.png]] Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (1989-1997)===
[[File:Khomeini Rafsanjani.jpg|thumb|347x347px|Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani alongside Supreme Leader Khomeini]]
'''Hashemi Rafsanjani''' served as the President of Iran from 1989 to 1997. During his presidency, Hashemi Rafsanjani adopted policies (primarly economic) and supported a privatization policy, which were opposed to the economic trends of the state that dominated most of the Islamic Republic; the sources of the government call him economically liberal, civilly authoritarian and statist, and philosophically traditional and culturally conservative.

He tried to limit the powers of revolutionary and ultra-conservatives, but he almost didn't succeed, but perhaps this caused the culturally changing spectrum of reformists to be voted in and come to power.

In general, some sources describe him as a practical Islamic conservative. And that some conservatives and revolutionaries and some reformers have accused him of corruption, and some Islamic liberal conservatives and right-wing economic reformers have defended him.

But these opinions have nothing to do with Hashemi Rafsanjani after his presidency, and in some opinions they have differed in terms of time. For this reason, he is called a pragmatist and culturally, he has turned from conservatism to moderate conservatism.