Iran leader denounces 'unworthy' election rhetoric in veiled swipe at Rouhani

View photosIran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei waves before speaking to the audience in Tehran, Iran, May 17, 2017. Leader.ir/Handout via REUTERS
MoreDUBAI (Reuters) – Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei denounced the heated rhetoric of Iran’s presidential election campaign on Wednesday as “unworthy”, a thinly-veiled rebuke of pragmatist President Hassan Rouhani’s attacks on his main conservative challenger.
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