{"id":241037,"date":"2021-06-07T07:57:53","date_gmt":"2021-06-07T12:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=241037"},"modified":"2023-02-07T23:38:38","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T22:38:38","slug":"iran-election-2021-endorses-brutality-and-faces-boycott","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-election\/iran-election-2021-endorses-brutality-and-faces-boycott\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Election 2021 Endorses Brutality and Faces Boycott"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-241038\" title=\"Raisi-oppression\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Raisi-oppression.jpg\" alt=\"Iran regime's sham presidential election is a mere travesty and one-man show, since Ebrahim Raisi will be pulled out of the ballot box\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Raisi-oppression.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Raisi-oppression-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Raisi-oppression-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Raisi-oppression-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Raisi-oppression-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Barring extreme, unforeseen changes in Iran\u2019s political situation, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-election\/iran-presidential-election-2021-ebrahim-raisi-chief-regime-henchman-vies-for-iranian-presidency\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Ebrahim Raisi<\/a> will be selected by the supreme leader to be the regime\u2019s next <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/2021-iran-presidential-election-iran-regime-sham-election-ncr-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener\">president<\/a>. The regime&#8217;s sham presidential election is set to take place on June 18 is little more than a formality, as Mr. Mohammad Mohaddessin, the Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman for the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/about-ncri\/alternative\/\" rel=\"noopener\">National Council of Resistance of Iran,<\/a> called \u201ca travesty [and] a selection process by a supreme leader who is himself unelected.\u201d Thus, it is expected that the voter turnout for the regime\u2019s sham election will break the record low set just last year by the mullahs\u2019 parliamentary 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<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>: Press Briefing: Mullahs\u2019 Sham Presidential Election | NCRI FAC Chair Mohammad Mohaddessin to brief journalists on the election prospects, its consequences, and the nationwide activities of Resistance <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BoycottIranShamElections?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BoycottIranShamElections<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MyVoteRegimeChange?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MyVoteRegimeChange<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KK6c2kM4uT\">https:\/\/t.co\/KK6c2kM4uT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1397519603509698560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 26, 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=\"auto\">Just one month before those\u00a0sham\u00a0elections, Iranian activists in more than a dozen provinces staged demonstrations to reiterate their rejection of both the \u201chardline\u201d and \u201creformist\u201d factions of\u00a0the regime\u00a0and to make it clear that their preferred political outcome is regime change. The January 2020 protests showcased many of the same slogans that defined two earlier, nationwide uprisings, one in January 2018 and another in November 2019. Collectively, these uprisings set the stage for last year\u2019s mass electoral boycott, and despite a downturn in social unrest during the coronavirus pandemic, there are growing signs of a similar boycott surrounding the current presidential campaign.<\/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\">Those signs have even been acknowledged by some of the regime officials and state media outlets, whose predictions for civic participation reach as low as 25 percent of eligible voters. Meanwhile, the Iranian opposition, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK),<\/a> has been continually working to further popularize the nationwide boycott of the regime\u2019s sham presidential election. <\/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 April alone, \u201cResistance Units\u201d affiliated with the\u00a0MEK\u00a0held public demonstrations and posted pro-boycott messages in at least 250 locations across the country. They took substantial risks in so doing, especially given that many of their messages were accompanied by images of\u00a0the NCRI\u2019s president-elect, Mrs.\u00a0Maryam\u00a0Rajavi\u00a0calling\u00a0the boycott effort as an opportunity to \u201cvote for regime change.\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 Resistance Units\u2019 actions also show the general sentiment among the ordinary Iranians protesting over a variety of personal causes who have declared they will boycott the regime\u2019s sham elections. Pensioners and investors who have been systematically harmed by economic policies and official neglect have held dozens of these protests in recent weeks, and the majority of them have featured the endorsement of an electoral boycott. Among the most familiar slogans in public demonstrations today are variations on the chant, \u201cWe have seen no justice; we will not vote anymore.\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\">There is a clear continuity between those slogans and the anti-government sentiment that pervaded the country during the January 2018 and November 2019 uprisings. The underlying condemnation of the entire system has no doubt been reinforced by the process leading up to the sham presidential election. Ebrahim Raisi\u2019s victory in that election is a foregone conclusion because nearly all so-called candidates have been barred from appearing on the ballot despite their involvement in terrorism and oppression. <\/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\">Only a handful of minor officials are left to give the vague appearance of legitimacy to the electoral process, but the Iranian people are not deceived by this. Neither are they ignorant of the implications behind\u00a0the regime\u2019s\u00a0Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei\u2019s efforts to directly promote Raisi from judiciary chief to president. Raisi\u2019s ongoing rise is a feature of the regime\u2019s longstanding practice of rewarding corrupt officials and human rights abusers for their loyalty to the theocratic system and their role in cracking down on dissent.<\/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\">Throughout his career, Raisi has embodied a commitment to brutality in\u00a0preserving the mullahs\u2019 regime. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/1988-massacre-of-political-prisoners-in-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener\">In 1988,<\/a> he played a leading role in the massacre of political prisoners instigated by a fatwa from the regime\u2019s founder Ruhollah Khomeini. The religious edict declared\u00a0the members and supporters of the MEK\u00a0to be enemies of God,\u00a0which would go on to comprise the overwhelming majority of\u00a0over\u00a030,000 victims.<\/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\">More recently, Raisi has reaffirmed his vile reputation by defending the legacy of the massacre and praising Khomeini for a strategy that afforded the\u00a0MEK\u00a0\u201cno mercy.\u201d He has also added to that legacy in his capacity as judiciary chief, effectively overseeing the systematic torture of thousands of arrestees following the November 2019 uprising. Separately, authorities led by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps brought a swift end to that uprising by opening fire on crowds of protesters and killing\u00a0over\u00a01,500.<\/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 might have hoped that the torture and bloodshed would make the population wary of expressing dissent publicly by any means, the actual result has been quite the opposite. The regime\u2019s conduct evidently prompted more unrest at the beginning of 2020, followed closely by the most successful electoral boycott in the regime\u2019s four-decade history.\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\">Mr.\u00a0Mohaddessin, the NCRI Foreign Affairs Committee chair, said in a press conference last week,\u00a0there is a \u201clooming nationwide uprising waiting in the wings\u201d and that \u201cit will be far more intense and widespread than in previous years.\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: center;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stats.sender.net\/forms\/dGYVLa\/view\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-219239\" 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\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mr.\u00a0\u00a0Mohaddessin\u00a0offered some general recommendations to Western powers in his press conference, including the recommendation that they join the Iranian people in condemning the June 18 election\u00a0and\u00a0adopt policies that might lead to accountability for Raisi and other perpetrators of crimes against humanity.<\/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\">These recommendations are sure to be clarified and expanded upon in the coming weeks and months, as more information emerges about the impact of an electoral boycott and the reach of subsequent protests. The supporters of the Iranian people and Resistance will have an opportunity to give their own impressions of the situation in July when the Iranian Resistance holds its<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/free-iran-world-summit\/\" rel=\"noopener\"> annual gathering<\/a> of expatriate activists \u2013 an event that came to attract upwards of 100,000 in the years before the pandemic.<\/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>Barring extreme, unforeseen changes in Iran&rsquo;s political situation, Ebrahim Raisi will be selected by the supreme leader to be the regime&rsquo;s next president. The regime&rsquo;s sham presidential election is set [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":241038,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[496,506,511],"tags":[129,197,198,494,504],"class_list":{"0":"post-241037","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-iran-election","8":"category-free-iran-world-summit","9":"category-ebrahim-raisi","10":"tag-iran","11":"tag-mek-iran","12":"tag-ncri","13":"tag-iran_election_2021","14":"tag-free-iran-2021-conference"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Iran Election 2021 Endorses Brutality and Faces Boycott - NCRI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Iran regime&#039;s sham presidential election is a mere travesty and one-man show, since Ebrahim Raisi will be pulled out of the ballot box\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-election\/iran-election-2021-endorses-brutality-and-faces-boycott\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Iran Election 2021 Endorses Brutality and Faces Boycott - 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