Iran's first president Banisadr dies at 88

Tehran (Iran), October 10: Iran's first President Abolhassan Banisadr died Saturday at the age of 88, according to Iranian state media.
After 1979 revolution in Iran, Banisadr, a politician and economist, was elected as the country's first president on Jan. 25, 1980.
The 1979 revolution transformed the U.S.-backed and monarch-ruled country into a republic under Islamic ideology.
Source: Xinhua