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NCRI – On Tuesday, June 4, on the anniversary of Khomeini\u2019s death, Khamenei delivered a speech ridiculously attempting to disguise the economic and political crises and fierce internal disputes threatening the regime\u2019s very existence, all in order to pave the way for vote rigging in the forthcoming sham election. He described the election as a \u201cgreat test\u201d and promised \u201cbrilliant results\u201d for the regime.<\/p>\n
He farcically attempted to blame foreign enemies for the people\u2019s disinterest in the election, saying: \u201cThe elections are a great opportunity for the Islamic system. [The enemies] hope the elections will have a low turnout so they can say people have no interest in the Islamic system; or they want to create sedition after the the election, as they did in 2009. One day they are saying the election is engineered, another they are saying the election is not free, and another they are saying the people do not consider the election is legitimate.\u201d<\/p>\n
He also said there would be no change to the regime’s foreign policy, especially regarding nuclear weapons and regional warmongering, and added: \u201cSome people wrongly want to make concessions to our enemies to lessen their anger towards us, are putting their interests over our people\u2019s interests; this is wrong. We must remedy and rectify the enemy\u2019s anger through national power.\u201d He said the best model for the country’s management was like that of Nader Shah (in the first half of the 18th century) where \u201cby taking the leadership of the people with courage, this nation can spread out its proud field of activities from Delhi to the Black Sea.\u201d He said Khomeini had seen this in history, and that had seen other examples of this and truly believed in it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Khamenei described the absurd TV debate between the 8 presidential candidates as an ‘unprecedented opportunity’ and said: \u201cWhere in the world are different candidates allowed equal use of the national and state-run media outlets?\u201d But the debate has become a national laughing stock and even described by the regime\u2019s own state-run media as like a ‘children’s game show’.<\/p>\n
To resolve the embarrassment over Rafsanjani\u2019s disqualification, Khamenei added: \u201cThe only thing that governs is the law; according to the law some can run, some cannot; the law has specified the conditions. This is all taking place according to the law. The enemy abroad\u2026 ignores these facts and repeatedly makes impious remarks.\u201d<\/p>\n
The regime\u2019s hopeless supreme leader warned the candidates, who have already been strictly vetted, to not go overstep and boundaries, and said: \u201cThe candidates should take mote that notice that criticizing doesn\u2019t mean tarnishing, tainting and inequity\u2026 there are economic problems, there is inflation\u2026 [candidates] must promise to take on the the economic issues, which today have become a challenge forced on the Iranian nation by outsiders; they must promise not to sideline these issues\u2026 not under various pretests to place more importance on the interests of outsiders than the interests of the Iranian nation.\u201d<\/p>\n
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
June 4, 2013<\/p>\n
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