TEHRAN, June 8 (UPI) -- Former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani says political smear tactics and chicanery are affecting this week's elections.
With elections set for Friday, Rafsanjani, in an unprecedented appeal, Sunday called for a public information campaign to end what he says is an epidemic of underhanded campaigning and attempts to undermine the integrity of the election, Iran's Press TV reported.