{"id":22341,"date":"2021-06-02T06:00:24","date_gmt":"2021-06-02T04:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=22341"},"modified":"2021-06-01T08:02:11","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T06:02:11","slug":"mek-activist-talks-to-times-about-iran-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/articles\/2021\/06\/mek-activist-talks-to-times-about-iran-election\/22341\/","title":{"rendered":"MEK Activist Talks to Times About Iran Election"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A young woman affiliated with the pro-democracy movement in Iran spoke to The Times Radio\u00a0on Saturday, May 29, about this month\u2019s presidential election<\/a> and the planned boycott, which will show how the people do not support the mullahs and seek to overthrow them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She said<\/a>: \u201cIn Iran, elections are a joke. All of the candidates are the same and all the people of Iran know this. In the past 40 years, elections in Iran have never been about an expression of popular choice. It has always been a selection by the supreme leader.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The woman stressed that the situation is different this year, thanks to the dire economic situation, with the boycott <\/a>more serious than any that have come before, including the 2020 parliamentary election boycott, which at the time shook the regime officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She said: \u201cThere is a different atmosphere, not comparable to the previous years. None of my friends and family will vote. The Iranian people are boycotting this mock election. The Iranian people\u2019s true vote is the regime\u2019s overthrow\u2026 The regime is facing an explosive society. There are daily protests by virtually every sector.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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