{"id":22186,"date":"2021-05-19T06:00:06","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T04:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=22186"},"modified":"2021-05-18T16:48:16","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T14:48:16","slug":"who-is-running-in-irans-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/articles\/2021\/05\/who-is-running-in-irans-elections\/22186\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Is Running in Iran\u2019s Elections?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Some 592 candidates have registered for the Iranian presidential elections<\/a>, but the majority are mere pawns who will be disqualified by the Guardian Council, which vets all election candidates and whose members are chosen directly or indirectly by supreme leader\u00a0Ali Khamenei<\/a>, so cannot be impartial in its decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, this should be of no surprise. Elections <\/a>under the Iranian regime have nothing to do with democracy because they automatically eliminate any candidate who doesn\u2019t swear undying loyalty to Khamenei, even though the people have made it clear on multiple occasions that what they really want is regime change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who is running?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Well, first, let\u2019s look at the latest announcements: judiciary chief\u00a0Ebrahim Raisi<\/a>, who is infamous for his role on the death commissions during the 1988 massacre<\/a> of 30,000 political prisoners,\u00a0and former parliament speaker Ali Larijani<\/a>, who set up censorship on state radio and television during the 1980s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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