Shugabancin Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani wanda ya fara a ranar 16 ga watan Agustan shekarar 1989, ya kasance mai mayar da hankali kan ‘yantar da tattalin arziki da kuma yunkurin mayar da ‘yan kasuwa, sabanin tsarin da gwamnatocin da suka gabata suka yi a Jamhuriyar Musulunci ta Iran.An bayyana shi a matsayin "mai sassaucin ra'ayi na tattalin arziki, mai mulki na siyasa, kuma na al'ada na falsafa," gwamnatin Rafsanjani ta fuskanci adawa daga masu tsatsauran ra'ayi a cikin Majles (majalisar dokokin Iran).^[114]A zamaninsa Rafsanjani ya taka rawa wajen sake gina kasar Iran bayan yakin da aka yi tsakanin Iran da Iraki.^{[115 <>]} Gwamnatinsa ta yi ƙoƙarin daƙile ikon masu ra'ayin mazan jiya, amma waɗannan ƙoƙarin ba su yi nasara ba sosai yayin da dakarun kare juyin juya halin Musulunci na Iran suka sami ƙarin iko a ƙarƙashin jagorancin Khamenei.Rafsanjani ya fuskanci zarge-zargen cin hanci da rashawa daga dukkan bangarorin masu ra'ayin mazan jiya ^[116] da kuma masu neman sauyi, ^[117] kuma shugabansa ya shahara wajen murkushe masu adawa.^[118]Bayan yakin, gwamnatin Rafsanjani ta mayar da hankali kan ci gaban kasa.An tsara shirin ci gaba na farko na Jamhuriyar Musulunci ta Iran a karkashin gwamnatinsa, da nufin zamanantar da tsaro da ababen more rayuwa da al'adu da tattalin arzikin Iran.Shirin ya nemi biyan bukatu na yau da kullun, gyara tsarin amfani, da inganta gudanarwa da gudanarwa na shari'a.An lura da gwamnatin Rafsanjani da ba da fifiko ga ci gaban masana'antu da sufuri.A cikin gida, Rafsanjani ya yi nasara kan tattalin arzikin kasuwa mai 'yanci, tare da neman 'yancin walwala da tattalin arziki tare da asusun gwamnati da aka samu ta hanyar kudaden shigar mai.Ya yi niyyar shigar da Iran cikin tattalin arzikin duniya, yana mai ba da shawarwari kan manufofin daidaita tsarin da bankin duniya ya zaburar da su.Wannan tsarin ya nemi tsarin tattalin arziki na zamani wanda ya dogara da masana'antu, wanda ya bambanta da manufofin magajinsa, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, wanda ya nuna goyon baya ga sake rarraba tattalin arziki da matsayi mai tsauri ga tsoma bakin kasashen yamma.Rafsanjani ya karfafa hadin gwiwa tsakanin jami'o'i da masana'antu, yana mai jaddada bukatar daidaita yanayin yanayin duniya cikin sauri.Ya qaddamar da ayyuka kamar Jami'ar Azad ta Musulunci, wanda ke nuna himma ga ilimi da ci gaba.^[119]Haka kuma a zamanin Rafsanjani ya ga yadda tsarin shari’ar Iran ke aiwatar da hukuncin kisa ga kungiyoyi daban-daban da suka hada da ‘yan adawar siyasa, ‘yan gurguzu, Kurdawa, Baha’i, da ma wasu malaman addinin Musulunci.Ya dauki matsayi mai tsauri na musamman kan kungiyar Mojahedin ta Iran, inda ya bayar da shawarar hukunta masu tsattsauran ra'ayi daidai da shari'ar Musulunci.^[120] Rafsanjani ya yi aiki kafada da kafada da Khamenei don tabbatar da zaman lafiyar gwamnati bayan mutuwar Khumaini.A cikin harkokin waje, Rafsanjani ya yi aiki don gyara dangantaka da kasashen Larabawa da kuma fadada dangantaka da kasashen Asiya ta Tsakiya da Caucasus.Koyaya, dangantaka da ƙasashen Yamma, musamman Amurka, ta ci gaba da yin tsami.Gwamnatin Rafsanjani ta ba da agajin jin kai a lokacin yakin Gulf na Farisa tare da nuna goyon baya ga ayyukan samar da zaman lafiya a Gabas ta Tsakiya.Ya kuma taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen tallafawa shirin nukiliyar Iran, yana mai tabbatar da cewa amfani da fasahar nukiliyar Iran na zaman lafiya.^[121]