Rafsanjani calls for ‘rational’ expression of opinion

Chairman of Iran’s Expediency Council Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani calls on Iranian youth and university students to choose a “rational” manner to express their views.

Rafsanjani said Sunday that everybody should be free to express their views, adding that “I will never ask them to remain silent.”

However, the former president added, “We should speak in a way that our crouching enemies and arrogant [powers] will not take advantage of it.”

He advised students to “express their views in a rational manner.”

“We ask you to assess the current situation well… despite unrests, long-term wars and sanctions, the Islamic Republic has been able to take major strides forward,” Rafsanjani said.

“I think individuals, including students, who have good things to say will be successful in rational situation, eventually,” the head of the Assembly of Experts said.