Akbar Rafsanjani blasts Iran’s rulers

An Iranian pro-reform website is reporting that former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has strongly criticised the policies of the country’s ruling clerical establishment, days after a constitutional watchdog disqualified him from running in the 14 June elections.

‘I think it is not possible to run the country worse than this,’ Jaheshnews.ir quoted him as saying late Wednesday in reaction to his Tuesday disqualification by the hard-line Guardian Council.

Rafsanjani has not made any direct public statements since the decision.