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FILE In this photograph taken connected Jan. 29 2019, erstwhile Iranian President, Abolhassan Banisadr, speaks during an interrogation with the Associated Press successful Versailles, westbound of Paris, France. Banisadr, Iran's archetypal president aft the country's 1979 Islamic Revolution who fled Tehran aft being impeached for challenging the increasing powerfulness of clerics arsenic the federation became a theocracy, died Saturday, Oct. 9. He was 88. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)

TEHRAN – Abolhassan Banisadr, Iran's archetypal president aft the country's 1979 Islamic Revolution who fled Tehran aft being impeached for challenging the increasing powerfulness of clerics arsenic the federation became a theocracy, died Saturday. He was 88.

Among a oversea of black-robed Shiite clerics, Banisadr stood retired for his Western-style suits and a inheritance truthful French that it was successful philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre that helium confided his content he'd beryllium Iran’s archetypal president immoderate 15 years earlier it happened.

Those differences lone isolated him arsenic the nationalist sought to instill a socialist-style system successful Iran underpinned by his heavy Shiite religion instilled by his cleric father.

Banisadr would ne'er consolidate his grip connected the authorities helium supposedly led arsenic events acold beyond his control, similar the U.S. Embassy hostage situation and the penetration of Iran by Iraq, lone added to the tumult that followed the revolution.

True powerfulness remained firmly wielded by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, whom Banisadr worked with successful exile successful France and followed backmost to Tehran amid the revolution. But Khomeini would flip Banisadr speech aft lone 16 months successful office, sending him fleeing backmost to Paris, wherever helium would stay for decades.

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“I was similar a kid watching my begetter dilatory crook into an alcoholic," Banisadr aboriginal said of Khomeini. "The cause this clip was power.”

The household of Banisadr successful a connection Saturday said helium died astatine a infirmary successful Paris aft a agelong illness.

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