Iran's Rouhani says election rivals are 'violent extremists'

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani launched a scathing attack on his conservative election rivals on Monday, saying their era of "violence and extremism" was over."The people of Iran shall once again announce that they don't approve of those who only called for executions and jail throughout the last 38 years," he told a packed stadium in the western city of Hamedan, referring to the Islamic revolution of 1979.Rouhani faces a tough battle for re-election on May 19 as conservative opponents attack h