{"id":22782,"date":"2021-06-25T07:22:49","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T05:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=22782"},"modified":"2021-06-25T07:22:50","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T05:22:50","slug":"iranians-show-hatred-of-regime-during-election-boycott-and-state-media-warns-of-disaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/articles\/2021\/06\/iranians-show-hatred-of-regime-during-election-boycott-and-state-media-warns-of-disaster\/22782\/","title":{"rendered":"Iranians Show Hatred of Regime During Election Boycott and State Media Warns of Disaster"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In the Iranian presidential election on June 18, 2021, the Iranian people demonstrated their hatred of the regime and their desire to overthrow the regime through a nationwide boycott<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, the regime fears that the low voter turnout will remove the fa\u00e7ade around the so-called democratic process in Iran and cause the international community to turn their backs on the mullahs, so they\u2019ve hidden the true figure and claim that 40-50% of eligible voters turned out to the polls. This is repeated by the state-run media who were writing about the drop in voter turnout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the Iranian Resistance report that the true number of votes only account for about 10% of eligible voters, with many of them \u2013 i.e. soldiers and government employees \u2013 forced or bribed to vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, we\u2019ve known for a long time that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei <\/a>wanted to install Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raisi <\/a>as president to consolidate power over the parliament and the country, similar to what he did in the 2020 parliamentary elections. He got what he wanted on both occasions, but this will likely do little to prolong the regime\u2019s survival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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