{"id":213939,"date":"2020-02-16T08:09:43","date_gmt":"2020-02-16T08:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncriranlive.wpengine.com\/en\/?p=213939"},"modified":"2023-01-22T21:23:29","modified_gmt":"2023-01-22T20:23:29","slug":"fox-news-maryam-rajavi-calls-for-sham-election-boycott-in-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/maryam-rajavi\/fox-news-maryam-rajavi-calls-for-sham-election-boycott-in-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Fox News: Maryam Rajavi Calls for Sham Election Boycott in Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_213943\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-213943\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iranian_dissidents_call_for_election_boycott_after_regime_disqualifies_thousands_of_candidates\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Iranian_dissidents_call_for_election_boycott_after_regime_disqualifies_thousands_of_candidates.jpg\" 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class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iranian dissidents call for election boycott after regime disqualifies thousands of candidates<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In a report\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/iranian-dissidents-call-for-boycott-elections-regime-disqualifies-thousands\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">on its website<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0on Sunday,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Fox News\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">emphasized the call made by\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/maryam-rajavi\/14237-maryam-rajavi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Mrs. Maryam Rajavi<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, president-elect of the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/our-resistance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">National of Council of R<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">esistance of Iran<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0(NCRI)<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">,<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">for Iranian people to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">boycot<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">t<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-resistance\/27397-khamenei-s-purge-of-the-rival-faction-amid-fear-of-nationwide-boycott-of-election-masquerade\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">regime\u2019s<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">sham\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/223-iran-election\/27399-iran-s-parliamentary-elections-read-selections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">parliamentary elections<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr id=\"system-readmore\" \/>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Fox\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">News<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0quoted Mrs.\u00a0Raj<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">avi\u2019s\u00a0speech in Ashraf 3,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Albania,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0home to the members of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI, Mujahedin-e Khalq or MEK)<\/a><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, on the anniversary of the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">anti-monarchic revolution in Iran in 1979.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0\u201cThe boycott of the sham elections is a patriotic duty and the bond of the Iranian people with their martyrs, especially the over 1,500 martyrs of the November uprising,\u201d National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/maryam-rajavi\/14237-maryam-rajavi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maryam Rajavi <\/a>said in a speech, referring to protests last year. \u201cThis boycott sides with the demands of the arisen people and students in January for the overthrow of the entirety of the illegitimate regime of the [absolute<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0clerical rule]<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Fox\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">News<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0quoted Mrs. Rajavi.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Fox\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">News<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0further quoted Mrs. Rajavi saying: \u201cIndeed, the vote of the Iranian people is \u2018overthrow<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2019\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As was previously reported by the NCRI, the Iranian regime\u2019s Guardian Council\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/president-elect\/27345-khamenei-poised-to-purge-rival-faction-s-candidates?highlight=WyJwb2lzZWQiXQ==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">has disqualified 90<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0sitting members of parliament, some of whom have already served three terms. Candidates in 170 districts are only from\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Supreme Leader Ali\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Khamenei\u2019s faction, and the main candidates of the rival faction in other districts have been eliminated<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0such that ultimately 260 seats will automatically go to the faction most aligned with Khamenei.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cAFP reported that The Guardian Council, responsible for vetting candidates, has disqualified more than half of the 14,444 who looked to stand in the elections &#8212; including many reformist and more moderate candidates. The outlet reported that many voters are consequently being faced with the choice of voting for hardliners or not voting at all and that the election could even result in Iranian President Hassan Rouhani\u2019s conservative rivals gaining seats The BBC reported that any candidates from groups opposed to the Islamic Republic, or who want to change the system, are disqualified from running by the Council,\u201d read\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Fox\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">News<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0article.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Several Iranian\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">activists<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0inside Iran were interview<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ed<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0by Fox\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">News. One of these activists, who identified himself as Kaveh told Fox News<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0via text message<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">:\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cBasically, public participation in elections in a democratic government is the product of the public\u2019s confidence in its democratic structure<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cBut because we have a fascist government in Iran, people not only have no confidence in the structure of the regime, but they hate it.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8220;In fact, what the regime calls the election is just a hoax to declare to the world that it has social legitimacy,&#8221; he added. Kaveh also told Fox News\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">that the Iranian people want to overthrow what he described as a \u201ccorrupt and criminal regime.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Fox News concluded by further quoting Mrs. Rajavi saying: \u201cToday, [Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei] is trying to fill the reactionary parliament with absolute loyalists. This is because he sees\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">closing ranks as the solution to dealing with the current crisis.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">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>\u2014 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><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cBut whether he succeeds or fails in this endeavor, in the end, the clerical regime has no way out and cannot forestall its overthrow,\u201d added Mrs. Rajavi.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a report&nbsp;on its website&nbsp;on Sunday,&nbsp;Fox News&nbsp;emphasized the call made by&nbsp;Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, president-elect of the&nbsp;National of Council of Resistance of Iran&nbsp;(NCRI),&nbsp;for Iranian people to&nbsp;boycott&nbsp;the&nbsp;regime&rsquo;s&nbsp;sham&nbsp;parliamentary elections. 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