{"id":213558,"date":"2020-02-16T14:15:47","date_gmt":"2020-02-16T14:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=213558"},"modified":"2023-01-22T11:10:57","modified_gmt":"2023-01-22T10:10:57","slug":"irans-parliamentary-elections-read-selections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/anews\/irans-parliamentary-elections-read-selections\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran\u2019s Parliamentary Elections, Read Selections"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_213559\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-213559\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-regime\u2019s-Parliamentary-Elections-in-Fact-is-Selections-by-Khamenei\" class=\"size-full wp-image-213559\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Iran-regime\u2019s-Parliamentary-Elections-in-Fact-is-Selections-by-Khamenei.jpg\" alt=\"Iran regime\u2019s Parliamentary Elections, in Fact is Selections by Khamenei!\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Iran-regime\u2019s-Parliamentary-Elections-in-Fact-is-Selections-by-Khamenei.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Iran-regime\u2019s-Parliamentary-Elections-in-Fact-is-Selections-by-Khamenei-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Iran-regime\u2019s-Parliamentary-Elections-in-Fact-is-Selections-by-Khamenei-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Iran-regime\u2019s-Parliamentary-Elections-in-Fact-is-Selections-by-Khamenei-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-213559\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iran regime\u2019s Parliamentary Elections, in Fact is Selections by Khamenei!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Iran has been holding\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/223-iran-election\/27376-iran-regime-s-parliamentary-elections-a-serious-turning-point-for-the-regime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">elections\u00a0<\/a>since the founding of the mullahs\u2019 regime following the hijacking of the 1979 anti-monarchical revolution. Western media, however, tend to portray elections in Iran as a struggle between political parties tantamount to what is witnessed on their own soil. This is far from the truth, to say the least.<!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran Elections 2020\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_vE0Qo2UjOd0\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FvE0Qo2UjOd0%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vE0Qo2UjOd0\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M30S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2020-02-16T09:13:52Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_vE0Qo2UjOd0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FvE0Qo2UjOd0%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran Elections 2020<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/vE0Qo2UjOd0\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FvE0Qo2UjOd0%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran Elections 2020\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran Elections 2020 Iran holds sham election. The 12 member Guardian Council vets all candidates seeking to take part in the parliamentary elections. It is this body that selects the candidates who may run for office. Read more: https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/223-iran-election\/27399-iran-s-parliamentary-elections-read-selections\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p>Key contrasts differentiate elections in western democracies and the process that is actually selection\/appointments in Iran. A closer look at the dynamics involved in the Majlis (parliamentary) staged by the mullahs\u2019 regime leads one to realize the entire process is nothing but a sham while true power lies elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, as a result, the pro-appeasement circles in the West have for years portrayed the most fascist methods used to claim popular support and a vote of confidence.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>CANDIDATE VETTING<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The Guardian Council vets all candidates seeking to take part in the parliamentary elections. It is this body that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/world\/iran-bars-candidates-from-running-for-election-as-campaigning-begins-1.979658\">selects the candidates<\/a>\u00a0who may run for office. Prior to the upcoming February 21 parliamentary elections in Iran, thousands of candidates, including 90 percent of the so-called reformists and dozens of current MPs, have been disqualified.<\/p>\n<p>There are general requirements for candidacy which include: being a citizen of Iranian origin; over 30 years of age; a Muslim; qualified to be a care-taker of the Republic; and a possessor of both management abilities and a record of religious and political affiliation to the \u2018Republic\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The regime\u2019s laws require all candidates to exhibit &#8220;heart-felt and practical allegiance&#8221; to absolute clerical rule, the\u00a0<em>Velayete Faqih,\u00a0<\/em>as a precondition for their candidacy. That Guardian Council, comprised of six clerics directly installed by the Supreme Leader, and the latter six members are appointed by the regime\u2019s judiciary chief who is selected by the Supreme Leader.<\/p>\n<p>The Guardians Council&#8217;s decisions are based more on political loyalties than the credentials of the candidates,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/guide-iran-presidential-election\/24996324.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><em>according to Scott Lucas<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, an Iran specialist at the UK\u2019s Birmingham University.<\/p>\n<p>This leaves no room for opposition forces or anyone with even remotely differing political views from participating in the regime\u2019s political process, further making it a selection. Lack of inclusiveness in elections is one of the factors continuously casting a shadow on\u00a0Iran\u2019s human rights record.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>CONSOLIDATING THE MAJLIS<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The election period is short in Iran\u2014usually just around 20 days. The upcoming parliamentary election is scheduled for February 21.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the fact that it is quite obvious that \u201celections\u201d have no meaning in Iran, various factions of the mullahs\u2019 regime are involved in a constant power dispute. They use the elections farce to both seek their own interests and those of the regime in its entirety by claiming Iran runs a democratic electoral system. This paves the path for even further appeasement by the West.<\/p>\n<p>The recent November 2019 uprising, coupled with the international isolation that the mullahs\u2019 regime is facing like never before, has deprived the mullahs\u2019 regime of even the capacity of enduring such a controlled internal political dispute. Khamenei, by disqualifying a large number of his rival faction candidates, is bound to fill the Majlis (parliament) with members of his own faction.<\/p>\n<p>While Khamenei desperately needs to go through the farce of the parliamentary elections, he\u00a0also can\u2019t prevent the many problems that emerge when his regime crosses path with democracy. Elections have traditionally been a time of turmoil for the regime, widening rifts among ruling factions and setting the stage for nationwide protests.<\/p>\n<p>Regime officials are deeply engaged in a power struggle. Members of different regime factions see the elections as an opportunity to grab a bigger share of the power and loot the country\u2019s resources.<\/p>\n<p>To add insult to injury, Iranian regime MP Mahmoud Sadeghi revealed new aspects of bribery and collusion in the vetting process of Majlis candidates by tweeting, \u201cIn this round of elections middlemen have on some occasions demanded up to 40 billion rials (about $300,000) [to ensure the candidate is] approved. What a parliament it is going to be!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other officials have\u00a0explicitly said that the elections are a sham\u00a0and that the results have been \u201cengineered\u201d in advance. One media outlet that is close to regime president Hassan Rouhani wrote, \u201cThe outcome of the vote for 160 seats in the Majlis (parliament) has been predefined and there\u2019s no competition, not even between the principalists. In 70 other seats, there will be a very weak competition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And the former head of Iran&#8217;s Drug Control Headquarters (DCH), Ali Hashemi, has confirmed that &#8220;dirty money&#8221; has had a role in deciding the country&#8217;s parliamentary elections. Dirty money refers to money collected in the narcotics market and drug smuggling that resurfaces on the political stage, through financial support to candidates, and for urging members of parliament to endorse some particular bills and motions.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>THE BALLOT<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In Iran, there is no voter registration or roll. Iranians can vote anywhere as long as they present their national identification book, or\u00a0<em>Shenasnameh<\/em>, which is stamped at the polling station.<\/p>\n<p>Once the polling stations are closed, the counting process begins. Neither the general public nor any civil society organization is permitted to monitor the count. This makes it very difficult to audit election results and ensure the integrity of the vote.<\/p>\n<p>Regime officials have already begun threatening against any thought of boycotting the election and political figures seeking to take advantage of the status quo for their faction\u2019s interests at the expense of Khamenei as the supreme leader.<\/p>\n<p>Ebrahim Raisi, the head of the regime\u2019s judiciary, issued open threats, saying, \u201cAnyone who questions the elections is in the enemy\u2019s front.\u201d Raisi\u2019s remarks were aimed at reining in the rivalries between different regime officials, who in their disputes have been revealing facts that prove the corrupt processes and policies that underly the regime\u2019s elections. Raisi&#8217;s remarks, however, also shed light on the sensitivity of the current state of the elections for the regime.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>VOTE OF CONFIDENCE?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>On the other hand, the mullahs\u2019 regime is in desperate need of a major voter turnout to claim a vote of confidence from the Iranian people at a time of turmoil.<\/p>\n<p>Khamenei has\u00a0openly pleaded with the people\u00a0to participate in the elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst, [the elections] guarantee the country\u2019s security if all the people take part in the election. Why? Because the enemies who threaten the country fear the popular support more than our weapons; Yes, they fear our missiles too, but they fear [the elections] more. Taking part in the election shows the rule\u2019s popular support and that brings security,\u201d Khamenei said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSecond, it shows the people\u2019s strength,\u201d Khamenei added, while also admitting that \u201cthere are problems in the country\u201d and that \u201cour failures have made problems for the people and they have some objections.\u201d But nonetheless, he expects the people to participate in the elections to show the \u201cdetermination, power and vision of the people,\u201d which in essence translates to \u201csupport for the regime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While ridiculously calling the regime\u2019s elections \u201cthe most honest elections in the world,\u201d Khamenei begged for participation and said, \u201cSome may not like me, but they should vote for the sake of the country\u2019s prestige and security.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Khamenei\u2019s remarks were a rare acknowledgment to the public hatred targeting the mullahs\u2019 regime in its entirety. In recent months,\u00a0the common denominator of protests across Iran\u00a0has been slogans against Khamenei and calls for the overthrow of the regime. \u201cDeath to Khamenei,\u201d \u201cKhamenei, resign,\u201d \u201cWe don\u2019t want the Islamic Republic,\u201d and other anti-regime slogans that had been considered taboos and severely punished by the regime are now being openly chanted by protesters from all walks of life across Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, on the domestic front, the regime is faced with an exacerbating existential crisis as the people grow bolder in their calls for regime change. In this context, more than ever, Khamenei needs to put up a show of popular support, both to lift the dwindling spirits of his troops and also to create the grounds to further suppress demonstrations, which are growing more numerous and crowded every day.<\/p>\n<p>Khamenei is not the only official that has been begging the people to take part in the elections. During last week\u2019s Friday prayers, Ali Movahedi Kermani, Khamenei\u2019s representative in Tehran, said, &#8220;Let us hope that we don\u2019t hear of a low turnout in the elections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other officials have made similar calls.<\/p>\n<p>The regime also needs this \u201cvote of confidence\u201d as it finds itself amid intensifying international crises. As Khamenei said in his remarks, \u201cThe elections solve many of our international problems. The way international observers judge countries and decide to deal with them is very much dependent on these things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the moment, even the mullahs\u2019 traditional allies are finding it increasingly difficult to support this regime. For the proponents of the appeasement policy, siding with a regime that just recently killed 1,500 of its own citizens in the streets of Iran is proving to be very costly.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why the mullahs need more than ever to run the elections and portray a democratic image of their regime, even though they and everyone else know that it\u2019s a travesty of democracy.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>NATIONWIDE BOYCOTT<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>While regime officials quarrel among themselves, they weaken the regime in its entirety. This only creates the ground for more\u00a0nationwide protests by the people of Iran, who are tired and outraged of 41 years of tyranny under the rule of the mullahs and look at every opportunity to come out in the streets and cast their real vote: regime change.<\/p>\n<p>In a nutshell, Khamenei is stuck between a rock and a hard place: On the one hand, he needs a democratic fa\u00e7ade both for his domestic and foreign policies, while on the other, his regime has no capacity to adopt anything that has to do with democracy.<\/p>\n<p>Iranian opposition President Maryam Rajavi, head of the coalition National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), has described boycotting the \u201cillegitimate\u201d Majlis (parliamentary) elections as a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/iranian-dissidents-call-for-boycott-elections-regime-disqualifies-thousands\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">patriotic duty<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Boycotting mullahs\u2019 illegitimate election is a patriotic duty &amp; the nation\u2019s pledge to martyrs of the uprising. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranShamElections?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranShamElections<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wK36fFOClX\">https:\/\/t.co\/wK36fFOClX<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Oe5DPE0572\">pic.twitter.com\/Oe5DPE0572<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1225160037502521346?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 5, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The regime is planning wholesale fraud and rigging. Mostafa Mirsalim, affiliated with Khamenei\u2019s faction, has already foretold the participation of \u201cat least 70 percent\u201d of eligible voters. Contradicting the rival faction, on January 27, Rouhani referred to systematic rigging in the election. \u201cIn any case, we could not make the election electronic\u2026 What is this, someone writes on a ballot, then drops it in a box, someone reads it, another person marks a ledger, it is not known what is real and what is marked. Then after we have recorded all [the ballots], at the very end, when they want to compile all the votes, what kind of funny business will take place\u2026 Many elections run into problems during the compilation of the ballots.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mrs.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/maryam-rajavi\/14237-maryam-rajavi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maryam Rajavi<\/a>, the President-elect of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/alternative\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a>, described the aggravating crisis and schism at the top of the regime over the election charade a manifest reflection of another deadly impasse the regime is facing. She said the complete purge of the rival faction\u2019s candidates is a clear sign of the ruling religious fascism\u2019s inevitable retrenchment in the face of the surging uprisings and the crisis of overthrow.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Election masquerade by religious fascism is usurping people\u2019s sovereignty and betraying the Iranian nation <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BoycottIranShamElections?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BoycottIranShamElections<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Eg9rGTZfpz\">pic.twitter.com\/Eg9rGTZfpz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1228776852698943488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 15, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Mrs. Rajavi emphasized that the Iranian people have cast their true vote in the November 2019 and January 2020 uprisings with chants of \u201cDeath to the principle of the\u00a0<em>velayat-e faqih<\/em>\u00a0&#8211; Death to Khamenei.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They will boycott the mullahs\u2019 illegitimate election more than before. Boycotting this farce is a patriotic duty and the Iranian nation\u2019s pledge to the martyrs of the Iranian people, especially the 1,500 martyrs of the November uprising. It also reflects the demands of the January 2020 uprising of the people and students for the overthrow of the illegitimate ruling theocracy in its entirety.<\/p>\n<p>The people and students chanted \u201cDeath to Khamenei &#8211; Death to the dictator &#8211; Death to the principle of the\u00a0<em>velayat-e faqih &#8211;<\/em>\u00a0Death to the oppressor, be it the shah or the leader,\u201d demonstrating that they seek a future without the shah and the mullahs, and one based on democracy and popular sovereignty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran has been holding&nbsp;elections&nbsp;since the founding of the mullahs&rsquo; regime following the hijacking of the 1979 anti-monarchical revolution. 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