{"id":239296,"date":"2021-05-09T04:34:55","date_gmt":"2021-05-09T09:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=239296"},"modified":"2023-02-01T04:56:28","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T03:56:28","slug":"irans-elections-2021-state-run-media-admit-regime-is-engulfed-in-crises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-election\/irans-elections-2021-state-run-media-admit-regime-is-engulfed-in-crises\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran\u2019s Election 2021: State-Run Media Admit Regime Is Engulfed in Crises"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iranselectionssham2021\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-239298\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Iranselectionssham2021.jpg\" alt=\"Iranselectionssham2021\" width=\"800\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Iranselectionssham2021.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Iranselectionssham2021-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Iranselectionssham2021-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Iranselectionssham2021-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Iranselectionssham2021-696x393.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Iran\u2019s sham <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/anews\/iran-election\/iran-elections-2021-what-to-know-about-the-upcoming-sham-presidential-elections\/\" rel=\"noopener\">presidential elections<\/a> will be held on June 18. As the date approaches, the regime\u2019s factional feuding increases, fueled by the increasing people\u2019s social and economic hardships. In recent\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">days<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> the state-run media admit the regime is engulfed in crisis and warn of the rising social hatred and the nationwide boycott of the regime\u2019s elections amid the regime\u2019s infighting.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cIn the last four and a half years, the social trusts gap has reached its lowest point in the last 40 years,\u201d wrote the state-run Arman daily on Wednesday.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Arman underlines that \u201cthe decline of the social treasure in our country is not without reason. The sudden increase of the fuel price in November 2019 [which led to major Iran protests] despite authorities\u2019 promises and then the cover-up of downing the Ukrainian airliner has added [to the social mistrust.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The regime\u2019s inhumane <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/society\/the-coronavirus-crisis-in-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Covid-19 policy<\/a>, which is based on cover-up and inaction, has also increased the social hatred. \u201cThe contradiction between the Health Ministry\u2019s official death toll and the local officials, and now the vaccination issue and officials\u2019 corruption in this regard, has deepened the social gap,\u201d Arman wrote in this regard.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Arman then <a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-elections-boycott-covid-19-pandemic-20210423\">warns<\/a> the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-elections-boycott-covid-19-pandemic-20210423\" rel=\"noopener\">regime\u2019s factions<\/a> that the deepening of the social gap will result in \u201cSocial indiscipline\u201d or rather <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/society\/the-coronavirus-crisis-in-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener\">uprising as the elections approach<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In another article, while admitting to part of people\u2019s economic and social hardships, Arman underlines that \u201cEncouraging people to go to the polls requires something like a miracle.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stats.sender.net\/forms\/dGYVLa\/view\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-219239 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1.png\" alt=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1\" width=\"250\" height=\"83\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cThe [sham] presidential election is considered a referendum from a perspective. Therefore, participation or non-participation in it must be with the understanding and acceptance of this presupposition. Let us be vigilant and think of a solution; Since today, the sharp decline and poverty of public trust in the regime has raised the alarm more than economic poverty,\u201d Arman adds.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Arman confirms that the regime \u201cas a political system, undoubtedly is in crisis, due to the numerous domestic and international problems and its 40-year performance.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Arman warns that \u201cThis crisis, by a significantly low turnout in the elections, can lead to a crisis from an internal and external perspective, along with the numerous challenges for the [regime].\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">While the regime\u2019s so-called reformists of hardliners fight over more power, Arman\u2019s article reminds them that none of the regime\u2019s president \u201ccouldn\u2019t fulfill the promises they made to people. They destroyed the last drops of public\u2019s trust.\u201d Arman then advises the regime\u2019s factions to \u201cend the power struggle.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cThere is still no motivation or attention from the people. Hassan Rouhani\u2019s government has been able to neatly portray for people the inability, failure, and inefficiency of all Iranian governments,\u201d the state-run\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mostaghel<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0daily wrote on Thursday.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In an article on Thursday, the state-run Setare-h Sobh (morning star) warns regime officials of people\u2019s boycott of the regime\u2019s sham presidential elections.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cIranian society is affected by the hardships it has gone through and is going through in difficult conditions. These difficult conditions of the country in the fields of domestic and foreign policy and regional and economic conflicts and rifts that our society suffers from, including generational and ethnic challenges, have created a situation in which public opinion has been unprecedentedly disappointed and frustrated with elections,\u201d Setar-e Sobh\u2019s article\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">warns<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran&rsquo;s sham presidential elections will be held on June 18. As the date approaches, the regime&rsquo;s factional feuding increases, fueled by the increasing people&rsquo;s social and economic hardships. 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