{"id":21739,"date":"2021-04-14T09:30:05","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T07:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=21739"},"modified":"2021-04-14T08:48:30","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T06:48:30","slug":"why-are-elections-not-important-in-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/articles\/2021\/04\/why-are-elections-not-important-in-iran\/21739\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Are Elections Not Important In Iran?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The upcoming Iranian presidential elections in June are \u201cvery important both domestically and internationally\u201d, according to supreme leader\u00a0Ali Khamenei,<\/a> no doubt because of the domestic and international crises faced by the regime, which needs the legitimacy of these elections to maintain power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ongoing protests in Iran could turn into a nationwide uprising at any moment, just as happened on three previous occasions in the past four years, with people calling for regime overthrow. To give you an idea, one previous popular slogan was \u201cFor 40 years we shed bloodied tears, enough is enough, we\u2019ll take a stand\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Iranian public has roundly rejected the mullahs and all they stand for, as was visible during the 2020 parliamentary elections, which proved humiliating for the mullahs on the world stage, despite their claims to the contrary. Now, the regime fears that this will happen again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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