Iran: Election round-up

Rafsanjani: Iran’s former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani lashed out at the authorities after he was barred from standing in June’s presidential election. According to the opposition Kaleme website, he accused the leadership of being ignorant. “I don’t think the country could have been run worse, even if it had been planned in advance,” he was quoted as saying. “I don’t want to stoop to their propaganda and attacks, but ignorance is troubling. Don’t they understand what they are doing?”