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TEHRAN — A leading hard line Iranian newspaper slammed ex-president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani on Saturday for casting doubt on the outcome of last month's presidential election a month after supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei endorsed it.

The Kayhan daily, whose editor is appointed by Khamenei, accused Rafsanjani of backing
lawbreaking through his implicit support for the demonstrators who have clashed repeatedly with riot police and militiamen since the June 12 vote.

"Mr. Rafsanjani says a great number of people cast doubt on the election. But he doesn't say why," the newspaper said.