{"id":240478,"date":"2021-05-26T07:50:16","date_gmt":"2021-05-26T12:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=240478"},"modified":"2023-02-07T23:46:50","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T22:46:50","slug":"iran-election-2021-calls-for-boycott-amplifies-as-khamenei-tries-to-consolidate-his-regime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-election\/iran-election-2021-calls-for-boycott-amplifies-as-khamenei-tries-to-consolidate-his-regime\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Election 2021: Calls for Boycott Amplifies as Khamenei Tries To Consolidate His Regime"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-240479 alignnone\" title=\"Iranshamelectioncandidate\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Iranshamelectioncandidate.jpg\" alt=\"Iranshamelectioncandidate\" width=\"800\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Iranshamelectioncandidate.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Iranshamelectioncandidate-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Iranshamelectioncandidate-768x405.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Iranshamelectioncandidate-150x79.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Iranshamelectioncandidate-696x367.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On Tuesday, the Iranian regime\u2019s Guardian Council <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-election-2021-the-purge-of-election-candidates\/\" rel=\"noopener\">disqualified<\/a> many candidates of the regime\u2019s sham presidential election. By purging those loyal to his regime, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei showed his intention of consolidating power and pursuing his contraction policy to control the restive society and possible uprisings. This massive purge of the regime\u2019s candidates underlines the Iranian Resistance\u2019s statements that the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/2021-iran-presidential-election-iran-regime-sham-election-ncr-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener\">elections<\/a> in the regime are just a fa\u00e7ade. Therefore, many Iranians <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/mek-resistance-units-activities-20210526\" rel=\"noopener\">join<\/a> calls to boycott the regime\u2019s election in June 2021.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In this regard, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/maryam-rajavi\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Mrs. Maryam\u00a0Rajavi<\/a>, the President-elect of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/about-ncri\/alternative\/\" rel=\"noopener\">National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) said<\/a>: \u201cDisqualifying individuals such as IRGC Brig. Gen. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-election\/elections-candidates-biography\/iran-presidential-election-2021-who-is-ali-larijani\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Ali Larijani<\/a>, the architect of censorship and repression, the speaker of the regime\u2019s parliament for 12 years, and always a part of Khamenei\u2019s inner circle, will render the regime\u2019s power base narrower and more fragile, unprecedentedly aggravate the regime\u2019s infighting, and in turn, accelerate the process of implosion and overthrow of the regime.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today, there is no longer any excuse to appease and engage with this regime. Any interaction &amp; cooperation with the mullahs will be in service of the regime\u2019s repression and killing of the Iranian people, its nuclear ambitions, and fueling wars in the region. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoImpunity4Mullahs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoImpunity4Mullahs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1397189710544572424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 25, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">In recent days, the\u00a0state-run media acknowledge there will be a low voter turnout. State-run media also acknowledge the role of the opposition in spreading the message of boycotting the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-election\/iran-election-2021-iranian-boycott-of-presidential-election-is-part-of-a-larger-trend-of-resistance\/\" rel=\"noopener\">sham election<\/a>.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cIt seems that due to the current situation, and the coronavirus outbreak, there will be low voter turnout in elections,\u201d wrote the state-run Etemad daily on Tuesday.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">The state-run media acknowledge that people\u2019s low enthusiasm for participating in the sham presidential election is due to the increasing economic and social crises due to the regime\u2019s actions.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cHassan Rouhani [regime\u2019s president] worries about the low voter turnout due to his poor performance during the Covid-19 pandemic. Rouhani and all other officials know what kind of election the 2021 election in terms of turnout is. There is high supply but low demand in this election,\u201d wrote the state-run Jahan-e Sanat daily on Monday.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Jahan-e Sanat acknowledges the opposition\u2019s role in boycotting the regime\u2019s sham presidential election.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cCampaigns of [no] to the elections by the dissident groups is trending and will amplify in the days leading to the election,\u201d Jahan-e Sanat wrote.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Arman daily on Monday also reflected the regime\u2019s fear of the opposition\u2019s role in spreading the message of boycott among Iranians.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cOpposition TV networks held reunions and discussions in recent weeks about the election. Some [opposition] groups are active on social media, and they are also effective,\u201d Arman daily wrote on Monday.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cWhen we analyze them, we see they are underlining several issues. One is that reforms within the system of the Islamic Republic are not feasible and can no longer be carried out within this structure. The other is that the people\u2019s vote has little effect on their lives.\u00a0So\u00a0these media try to influence people and say that your vote has little effect on your life and when it does not, why do you want to go to the polls?\u201d Arman adds.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Iranians have rejected the regime\u2019s so-called reformist faction during their major uprising in 2018 and 2019 by chanting \u201creformists, hardliner, the game is over.\u201d\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Iranian opposition, mainly the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) and its Resistance Units inside Iran have been playing a leading role in spreading the message of the boycott of the regime\u2019s sham election among the public.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">According to the\u202f<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/mek-resistance-units-elections-boycott-20210520\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">MEK<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">, the Resistance Units network \u201ccontinued its campaign across the country, calling for the boycott of this masquerade that only serves to justify the tyrannical rule of the mullahs.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">The MEK Resistance Units spread anti-regime slogans in Tehran, Isfahan, Mashhad, Tabriz, Ahvaz, Karaj, Kermanshah,\u00a0Saveh,\u00a0Nishabur,\u00a0Gachsaran,\u00a0Esfarayen, Qom,\u00a0Nikshahr,\u00a0Astane\u00a0Ashrafiyeh,\u00a0Sabzevar,\u00a0Anzali, Chalus, Zahedan, and Khorramabad. \u201cOur vote is regime change and boycott of the mullahs\u2019 sham elections,\u201d read their slogans.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stats.sender.net\/forms\/dGYVLa\/view\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-219239 aligncenter\" title=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1\" 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\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">According to MEK, \u201cthese slogans were spread on various city walls and public places and were widely welcomed by the public. The Resistance Units also installed posters of the Iranian Resistance leader\u202f<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/en\/massoudrajavi\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Massoud Rajavi<\/span><\/b><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202fand the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/the-national-council-resistance-iran-ncri\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">NCRI<\/span><\/b><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">)\u202f<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/the-president-elect-maryam-rajavi\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Maryam Rajavi<\/span><\/b><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202fwith the slogans\u00a0\u2018A strong no to the religious dictatorship, yes to a democratic republic,\u2019\u00a0\u2018Down with Khamenei, hail to Rajavi\u2019\u00a0and\u00a0\u2018Iranian people\u2019s vote is regime change.\u2019<\/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 MEK Resistance Units continue their activities while regime officials have increased security measures to control the society ahead of the election.\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\">\u201cDecreased participation in elections is the enemy&#8217;s psychological warfare. Certainly, low voter turnout means we do not have a strong government,\u201d said Mohammad Abdollah-pour, head of the Revolutionary Guards in Gilan province on Monday.\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\">Abdollah-pour then confirmed that due to the opposition\u2019s activities, \u201cEstablishing security, increasing participation, making the right choice and maintaining the integrity of the elections are the four missions of the IRGC in the elections.\u201d\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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, the Iranian regime&rsquo;s Guardian Council disqualified many candidates of the regime&rsquo;s sham presidential election. 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