{"id":22630,"date":"2021-06-17T17:25:19","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T15:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=22630"},"modified":"2021-06-17T19:45:44","modified_gmt":"2021-06-17T17:45:44","slug":"iranians-protest-ahead-of-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/articles\/2021\/06\/iranians-protest-ahead-of-election\/22630\/","title":{"rendered":"Iranians Protest Ahead of Election"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Iranians from every sector of society have continued their protests<\/a> against the regime\u2019s mishandling of the economic crisis ahead of the presidential elections<\/a> on Friday, June 18, further demonstrating that the people are planning a nationwide boycott<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One female protester said: \u201cThose officials who tell us say death to America have sent their children to the United States to study there. With whose many? These people\u2019s money\u2026 Hassan Rouhani<\/a> gave many promises to people but plundered the national wealth in 8 years. [Ebrahim] Raisi<\/a> [the supreme leader\u2019s preferred candidate] has been the judiciary chief for two years. What has he done? They are all the same.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s look at the protests from the past few days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday, June 16<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tehran\u00a0Jonoob\u00a0Construction Company workers continued their strike in\u00a0Mahshahr for the third day in a row over the firing of many local workers, which is especially important because 70% of employees are not local and, in fact, related to company officials.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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