{"id":240658,"date":"2021-05-29T07:11:57","date_gmt":"2021-05-29T12:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=240658"},"modified":"2023-02-01T04:53:54","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T03:53:54","slug":"iran-election-2021-state-media-warn-about-low-voters-turnout-amid-infightings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-election\/iran-election-2021-state-media-warn-about-low-voters-turnout-amid-infightings\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Election 2021: State Media Warn About Low Voters\u2019 Turnout Amid Infightings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-media-MEK-18122020.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-media-MEK-18122020\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-231437\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-media-MEK-18122020.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-media-MEK-18122020\" width=\"1008\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-media-MEK-18122020.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-media-MEK-18122020-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Iran-media-MEK-18122020-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1008px) 100vw, 1008px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On Tuesday, the Iranian regime\u2019s Guardian Council eliminated most of the regime\u2019s sham <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-election\/iran-election-2021-mohammad-mohaddessin-iran-presidential-election-is-a-travesty-a-one-man-show\/\" rel=\"noopener\">presidential<\/a> election candidates at the behest of the regime\u2019s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Therefore, the state-run media and officials of the rival faction warn about the consequences of the regime\u2019s contraction policy.<\/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\">Khamenei\u2019s action once again confirmed the Iranian Resistance\u2019s longtime saying 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 mullahs\u2019 regime are just shows and serve as a fa\u00e7ade of the vicious regime.<\/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\">Khamenei intends to pull <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-election\/elections-candidates-biography\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Ebrahim Raisi<\/a> out of the ballot box and pursue his contraction policy. Thus, he could not tolerate his closest officials, such as Ali Larijani, the former Parliament Speaker.<\/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\">Now the regime\u2019s infightings have reached a new level.<\/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\">\u201cWhat happened during the qualification process in the presidential election is anything but \u2018election.\u2019 The Supreme Leader\u2019s \u2018selection\u2019 does not need my vote,\u201d said Mostafa\u00a0Tajzadeh, one of the eliminated candidates and the former Deputy Interior Minister 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\">\u201cPeople think that whoever becomes the president makes no difference for us. All presidents follow specific orders. Therefore, our participation is meaningless,\u201d said\u00a0Paravaneh\u00a0Salahshouri, a former MP.<\/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\">\u201cWhen the feeling of ineffectiveness spread in society, people will refuse to participate in the election. This refusal to participate in the election eventually results in social incidents, which we have been witnessing recently,\u201d\u00a0Salahshouri\u00a0warned the regime officials, according to the semi-official ILNA News Agency 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\">\u201cDue to the widespread disqualification of presidential candidates, everyone knows that this election will be unprofessional, non-competitive, and will have a low voter turnout,\u201d Seminary Teachers Association in Qom said in a statement 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\">\u201cThe indifference of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/mek-resistance-units-activities-20210526\" rel=\"noopener\">people<\/a> and a large number of experts and observers are very dangerous and are increasing,\u201d said Mullah Mohammad Javad\u00a0Hojjati\u00a0Kermani 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\">\u201cWith the massive disqualification of candidates, people\u2019s trust in the ballot box and the system decreases more. They feel they are entangled and should break themselves free. This situation is hazardous for us,\u201d said\u00a0Ashraf\u00a0\u00a0Broujerdi, a former deputy of the Interior Minister.<\/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: center\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stats.sender.net\/forms\/dGYVLa\/view\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-219239\" 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\">Broujerdi\u00a0recalled the fate of Sheikh Fazlollah Nouri, a Shi\u2019ite cleric hanged by people following Iran\u2019s constitutional revolution. \u201cIf people get us one day, we\u00a0would\u00a0have the same fate as Sheikh Fazlollah Nouri,\u201d she said.\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 its editorial on Saturday, the state-run\u00a0Jomhuri-e Eslami (Islamic Republic) daily underlined the regime\u2019s policy of contraction and acknowledged that the ruling theocracy is entangled in crises and has no solution for them.<\/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\">\u201cThe current approach shows the tendency towards complete unification of the system. The existing problems, especially the country\u2019s economic crisis, are too large for a single faction or political group to manage,\u201d\u00a0Jomhuri-e Eslami\u2019s article reads.<\/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\">\u201cThe country\u2019s problem is not limited to the economic crisis. Cultural, social, and even political crises are no less dangerous than economic crises, if not more serious and dangerous. These crises are not visible because the real economic problem in people\u2019s daily lives has not allowed other crises to appear. Cultural, social, and political elites and experts, especially sociologists, are fully aware of this fact and aware of the dangers of these crises,\u201d\u00a0Jomhuri-e Eslami 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\">\u201cThe unfavorable conditions of the country today are the product of internal contradictions in governance. If one tries to blame it on one person or one faction, they are deceiving themselves. The continuation of these contradictions, both in domestic and foreign policy, will paralyze the [regime], and all of us will pay the price,\u201d\u00a0Jomhuri-e Eslami\u2019s article warned regime officials.<\/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 eliminated most of the regime&rsquo;s sham presidential election candidates at the behest of the regime&rsquo;s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. 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