when Ayatollah Khomeini (photo) died and Rafsanjani became president. One entry is from May 31, 1989, four days before Khomeini died. Rafsanjani says he called on Khomeini in his sick bed. “Then he opened his eyes and enunciated in a low voice: ‘If you are united, the revolution will progress.’ After a pause, he said: ‘Particularly you and Mr. Khamenehi—do not let the slinking ones create a division between the two of you’.”