TEHRAN -- Expediency Council Chairman Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani’s office issued a statement on Wednesday dismissing the recent remarks made by the chief of staff of the Presidential Office about the EC chairman and warned about a complex plot meant to create conflict between the pillars of the Islamic establishment.

The statement came in response to Presidential Office Chief of Staff Esfandiar Rahim-Mashaii, who had earlier said that after the June 12 presidential election, Rafsanjani wanted to use popular support to pressure Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.
“Mr. Mashaii’s record in making incorrect and illogical statements is so clear that there is no need for a reply,” but in light of the fact that the person who has made such fabrications was supposed to become the president’s first vice president and is currently the chief of staff of the Presidential Office, it seems that there is “a very complex conspiracy” to create conflict among the pillars of the establishment, part of the statement read.
The statement also called Rahim-Mashaii’s remarks hallucinations and added that the Supreme Leader had earlier warned the country’s officials about such hallucinations