THE SECOND MAN: THE POLITICAL LIFE OF AKBAR HASHEMI RAFSANJANI

3 x 60’ Documentary - OR Media/Intl

Avid Offline. Ambitious blue chip documentary series which charts six decades of the political life of the hugely controversial Hashemi Rafsanjani, the Islamic revolutionary who helped found the Islamic Republic of Iran and acted as kingmaker to the current Supreme Leader. The series charts Rafsanjani's rise to power during the revolution, lays bare the war waged between himself and Khamenei for political dominance in the 90s and culminates with his wilderness years of the noughties when the once pillar of the Islamic Republic turned away from his old friend and met an untimely suspicious end, A dark political biography with insight from regime insiders, former colleagues, political dissidents and commentators.

Director: Paul Nelson, Executive Producer: Jon Hacker