Speaking to a gathering of families of martyrs of a terrorist blast in Tehran in 1981 in which 72 senior Iranian officials were killed, Rafsanjani described the post-election unrests in Iran as a complex sedition by such elements to take away people's confident and trust in the Islamic system.
The Former Iranian president further asked Iranian nation to be vigilantly involved in a bid to foil such plots.
Rafsanjani, who is also chairman of Iran's Experts Assembly, praised wise guidelines by Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei in extending the time limit for the Guardians Council (GC) to further investigate the election procedures.
He reiterated that the initiative was truly invaluable in that it worked immensely in consolidating public confidence in the election system.
The blast in 1981 was carried out by the anti-Islamic Republic terrorist group, the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization.
The group started assassination of the citizens and officials after the revolution in a bid to take control of the newly established Islamic Republic. It killed several of Iran's new leaders in the 1981 blast, including the then President, Mohammad Ali Rajayee, Prime Minister, Mohammad Javad Bahonar and the Judiciary Chief, Mohammad Hossein Beheshti who were killed in bomb attacks by MKO members in 1981.
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