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Maryam Rajavi: Impact of the retreat in nuclear program reflected in the disturbance of the ruling theocracy\u2019s internal balance<\/strong><\/p>\n The entire regime was the loser of the elections; as internal crises aggravate and the population\u2019s rage escalates, the mullahs inch closer to their downfall<\/strong><\/p>\n NCRI – Following a farce, predicated on the \u201cheart-felt and practical allegiance\u201d to the velayat-e faqih (absolute clerical rule), and merely a choice between the regime\u2019s repressive and corrupt factions that amounted to depriving the Iranian people of their sovereignty, the clerical regime claimed in a ridiculous and astronomical lie that more than 60 percent of the eligible voters (33 million according to official figures) had cast their ballots.<\/p>\n This was despite the fact that many impartial sources and eyewitnesses at thousands of polling stations reported and confirmed sparse crowds, as well as the apathy of, and boycott by, the vast majority of the Iranians, especially the youth, not to mention made-for-television stage managing in Tehran and several other major cities, designed to give the appearance of a high turnout.<\/p>\n Earlier, the regime\u2019s leaders, citing bogus polls, had announced that between 65 to 75 percent of the population will take part in the election. The machinery of vote fraud and rigging had been set to announce such an engineered outcome.<\/p>\n A day before the election, the regime’s Interior Minister stated, \u201cWe estimate a 70 percent turnout.\u201d But so far, the regime has announced a 60 percent turnout nationwide and a 45 percent turnout in Tehran, which is known to have the highest number of eligible voters. One of the regime’s schemes is to exaggerate the number of votes by several fold at a location called \u201cthe vote collection room.\u201d Former officials of the regime had previously exposed this practice in detail.<\/p>\n This was in addition to widespread rigging, intimidating or offering incentives to vulnerable sectors of society to compel them to cast ballots. The threats were being issued in administrative, military and labor centers, detailed in the NCRI\u2019s statement no. 4. Threatening workers with \u201cserious consequences\u201d if they did not vote, buying votes and birth certificates, voting with birth certificates of the deceased, voting multiple times and transferring the regime\u2019s operatives from one town to another to recast their ballots have been widely reported.<\/p>\n The Iranian Resistance\u2019s President-elect Maryam Rajavi said in this regard: A glance at the list of candidates presented by the regime’s various factions leaves no doubt that the choice was merely between different factions responsible for suppression, execution, exporting terrorism, warmongering, and plundering the Iranian people\u2019s wealth. Mrs. Rajavi added: Contrary to expectation by some in the West after the signing of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) that the mullahs will pursue a path of moderation and reform, the regime\u2019s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei resorted to purging rivals in order to forestall the theocracy\u2019s inevitable downfall and to further focus his regime’s resources on the war in Syria and the occupation of Iraq. Nevertheless, the implications of taking one step back from the regime’s nuclear projects were reflected in the election as it has now disturbed the regime\u2019s internal balance. The momentum gained by Rafsanjani and Rouhani has weakened and undermined Khamenei\u2019s hegemony.<\/p>\n The election result will not bring any serious change to the Iranian people\u2019s political and economic livelihood and it will have no consequential winners within the clerical regime. The real loser is the ruling theocracy in its entirety. In view of the crisis raging at the apex of the ruling elite and considering the Iranian people\u2019s ever-increasing anger and hatred, the regime has taken a qualitative step toward being overthrown, Mrs. Rajavi emphasized.<\/p>\n Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran Maryam Rajavi: Impact of the retreat in nuclear program reflected in the disturbance of the ruling theocracy’s internal balance The entire regime was the loser of the elections; as internal […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":44779,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[175],"class_list":{"0":"post-19952","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-president-elect","8":"tag-updated"},"yoast_head":"\n
For example, she added, the list of candidates for the Assembly of Experts endorsed by Hassan Rouhani and Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani included the current Intelligence Minister, his two predecessors, and Ali Razini, the criminal deputy head of the Judiciary and a Sharia judge, all of whom must face justice for committing crimes against humanity.<\/p>\n
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