Iranian protesters residing in Japan gather at a rally in support of opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi in Tokyo June 28, 2009.


"Wherever the people entered the scene with full alertness, such plots were foiled," the ISNA and IRNA news agencies quoted him as saying.
Rafsanjani, who has occupied key posts since the founding of the Islamic Republic, backed Mousavi's election campaign and was fiercely criticised by Ahmadinejad on television.