{"id":148,"date":"2005-06-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-06-15T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/uncategorised\/regime\/148-bush-says-irans-presidential-election-designed-to-keep-rulers-in-power"},"modified":"2023-02-13T23:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T22:00:00","slug":"bush-says-irans-presidential-election-designed-to-keep-rulers-in-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/regime\/bush-says-irans-presidential-election-designed-to-keep-rulers-in-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Bush says Iran&#8217;s election designed to keep rulers in power"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignright size-full wp-image-27272\" style=\"float: right;\" title=\"Image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2005\/06\/g.w.bush_.jpg\" alt=\"Image\" width=\"170\" height=\"125\" border=\"0\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/06\/g.w.bush_.jpg 170w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/06\/g.w.bush_-80x60.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 170px) 100vw, 170px\" \/>Associated Press, WASHINGTON \u2013 June 16 &#8211; On the eve of Iran&#8217;s presidential election, President Bush said the voting has been designed to keep power in the hands of a few rulers &#8220;through an electoral process that ignores the basic requirements of democracy.&#8221; &#8220;Iran is ruled by men who suppress liberty at home and spread terror across the world,&#8221;<br \/>\nBush said. &#8220;Power is in the hands of an unelected few who have retained power through an electoral process that ignores the basic requirements of democracy. 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