Rafsanjani deplores Israeli practices against the Palestinians

Chairman of Iran's Expediency Council (EC) Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani on Friday strongly denounced the "brutal oppressive practices perpetrated by Israel against the Palestinian people and the US support to Israel."

Delivering a sermon at Friday prayer in Tehran, Rafsanjani also condemned the policy of the US troops in Iraq.

He shouldered the US troops the responsibility of insecurity and instability in Iraq stressing the importance of enabling the Iraqi people to manage their affairs by themselves without any foreign interference.

He denounced the US allegations and their flagrant interference in internal affairs of states under the pretext of achieving democracy and human rights.