Iran Election 2021: List of Candidates Reinforces Citizens’ Rejection of the Regime
The final list of candidates for the Iranian regime’s sham presidential election was announced on Tuesday, May 25. Those candidates’ identities confirm what the Iranian Resistance has long said: that the election itself will be a mere farce, lending a thin veneer of legitimacy to a process that is effectively the installation of a pre-selected […]
Iran Resistance Continues Campaign for Election Boycott
The Iranian Resistance and the people have continued their campaign calling for a nationwide boycott of the presidential elections this June, despite the regime’s increased repression of any type of protest. These brave young people of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran’s (PMOI/MEK) Resistance Units have been putting up slogans in public areas of Anzali, […]
Iran Media Admits the Election Boycott Will Harm the Regime
Iranian state-run media has admitted that the regime’s legitimacy will be challenged by the predicted low turnout in the presidential election, following the organization of a boycott by the Resistance. The Etemad daily reported that if the low election turnout (as previously seen in February 2020) happens again, then the regime’s legitimacy will be in […]
Iran: Guardian Council Approves Election Candidates
The Iranian interior ministry announced on May 25, the seven officials that the Guardian Council have approved to run for president in next month’s election, including: Judiciary chief Ebrahim Raisi MP Hossein Ghazizadeh Hashemi Central Bank governor Abdolnasser Hemmati former MP Alireza Zakani former Isfahan province governor Mohsen Mehralizadeh former chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili former […]
Iranian Supporters of the MEK and the NCRI Held Rallies in Vienna, Munich and Stuttgart Against Regime Sham Election
On May 23, 2021, Iranian supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran(PMOI/MEK) and the National Council of Resistance of Iran(NCRI) held rallies in Vienna, Munich and Stuttgart against the dictatorship in Iran. They chanted slogans against the Iranian regime candidates for the coming sham presidential election in Iran. Iranians chanted: “We will not vote […]
Elimination of Larijani or Shooting Khamenei Himself?!
Finally, after nearly ten days, Iran’s Guardian Council, whose members are appointed by the Supreme Leader of the regime, Ali Khamenei, announced the final list of candidates approved by the council for the June 18 Presidential election. Almost no one is on the list except Ebrahim Raisi, Khamenei’s preferred candidate for the June 2021 election. […]
The MEK Resistance Units Call to Boycott the Iranian Regime’s Sham Election
As the Iranian regime prepares for its sham presidential election, the network of the Iranian opposition continued its campaign across the country, calling for the boycott of this masquerade that only serves to justify the tyrannical rule of the mullahs. The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) network, known as the Resistance Units, spread anti-regime […]
PMOI/MEK Supporters Rally in Germany, Sweden, Norway, Austria and Canada Against the Iran’s Regime Sham Election
On May 22, 2021, Iranian supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran(PMOI/MEK) and the National Council of Resistance of Iran(NCRI) held rallies in Berlin, Hamburg, Bonn, Münster, Gothenburg and Toronto against the dictatorship in Iran. They chanted slogans against the Iranian regime candidates for the coming sham presidential election in Iran. PMOI/MEK supporters slogans […]
Iran’s Elections Are an Insult to the Name
For an election to be considered free and fair, there must be an actual choice in the candidates and useful instruments to allow collective decision-making. These things do not exist in Iran, so it is no wonder that the people are widely rejecting the regime and vowing to boycott the presidential elections in June, especially […]
State Media Turns on Iran Presidential Candidates
The Iranian state-run media has been documenting a marked increase in factional infighting amongst the regime in the run-up to the presidential elections, as well as the unpopularity of the candidates, and the popular boycott campaign that is organized by the Resistance. The Arman daily wrote Sunday, May 16: “While the system’s sympathizers repeatedly underline […]
