{"id":241195,"date":"2021-06-09T03:39:11","date_gmt":"2021-06-09T08:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=241195"},"modified":"2023-04-20T21:15:35","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T20:15:35","slug":"iran-election-2021-mek-supporters-increase-activities-for-election-boycott","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-election\/iran-election-2021-mek-supporters-increase-activities-for-election-boycott\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Election 2021: MEK Supporters Increase Activities for Election Boycott"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-241196 alignnone\" title=\"MEK-Activities-NCRI\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/MEK-Activities-NCRI.jpg\" alt=\"MEK-Activities-NCRI\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/MEK-Activities-NCRI.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/MEK-Activities-NCRI-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/MEK-Activities-NCRI-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/MEK-Activities-NCRI-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/MEK-Activities-NCRI-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Days before Iran\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/2021-iran-presidential-election-iran-regime-sham-election-ncr-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener\">sham presidential<\/a> election, calls, and activities for boycotting the regime\u2019s election amplify, both inside Iran and abroad. 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>, its supporters inside and outside of Iran, mainly its internal network of the \u201cResistance Units,\u201d have played a key role in popularizing the call for boycotting the regime\u2019s sham 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=\"none\">On Friday, the MEK supporters and members of the Iranian diaspora held protest rallies in London, United Kingdom, and Oslo, Norway. Iranians chanted slogans against Ebrahim Raisi, the preferred candidates of the regime\u2019s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. They underlined that \u201cIranian people have not forgotten, Raisi is the murderer of 1988 massacre.\u201d Raisi has played a key role in the 1988 massacre of over 30,000 political prisoners, mainly MEK supporters.\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=\"none\">On Saturday, MEK supporters continued their protests in Vienna, Sweden, Germany, and Canada, echoing the Iranian people\u2019s desire for regime change and reiterating calls for boycotting the regime\u2019s sham 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=\"none\">They held signs and placards condemning the regime\u2019s terrorism and human rights violations and urged the international community to support the Iranian people\u2019s desire for regime change. The MEK supporters also held pictures of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/massoud-rajavi\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Mr. Massoud Rajavi<\/a>, the Iranian Resistance\u2019s Leader, and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/maryam-rajavi\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Mrs. Maryam Rajavi<\/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)<\/a>.\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=\"none\">Protests by the MEK supporters and members of the Iranian diaspora\u00a0continued on\u00a0Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday in four corners of the world.\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=\"none\">On Sunday, Iranians in Luxembourg joined their compatriots, calling for the nationwide boycott of the regime\u2019s sham election. They held a sign which read, \u201cRaisi, Iran\u2019s Eichmann must be tried,\u201d comparing Raisi to Adolf Eichmann, a Nazi notorious henchman.\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=\"none\">\u00a0On Sunday, the MEK supporters in Montreal, Canada, echoed the Iranian people\u2019s demand inside Iran for a free country. They held a sign which read, \u201cFree political prisoners in Iran.\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<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">On Monday, during their gathering in Gothenburg, Sweden, and Vienna, Austria, Iranians called for a nationwide boycott of the regime\u2019s sham election. In addition, the protesters in Vienna reminded western powers engaged in dialogue with Tehran that \u201cNuclear negotiations with Iran must include human rights and the fight against Iranian regime\u2019s state-sponsored terrorism.\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<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Iranians and MEK supporters in all their protests supported activities by the MEK\u2019s Resistance Units in Iran, spreading the call for a boycott of the regime\u2019s farce presidential 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=\"none\">The MEK\u00a0<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/who-are-mek-resistance-units-iran-opposition\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Resistance Units<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0organize anti-regime activities all around the country, installing posters, images, and banners to support regime change. According to the MEK, \u201cIn walls of various cities were written, \u201cWe will not vote for murderers,\u201d \u201cBoycott mullahs\u2019 sham elections,\u201d and our vote is regime change.\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<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">As MEK\u2019s website wrote, \u201cThe campaign was launched<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/mek-resistance-units-april-activities-20210503\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0in April<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0by the MEK and is expanding every day. During the whole month of April, these activities were carried out in over 250 areas in 27 provinces. In May, this\u00a0<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/mek-resistance-units-activities-may-20210601\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">exceeded in over 310 places<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0in all Iran provinces.\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<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">These activities have been large welcomed by the public and turned into a national movement to boycott the farce election. Iranians now believe that the election boycott is a response to the killing of over 1500 protesters during the major Iran protests in November 2019.\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=\"none\">Many family members of the November 2019 martyrs in recent days have been publishing videos calling for regime change and underlining \u201cmy vote is regime change.\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<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">These growing calls to boycott the regime\u2019s election foretell the regime\u2019s absolute failure to hold its sham presidential election to legitimize its regime.\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=\"none\">\u201cAs\u00a0the June 28 election approaches, the psychological warfare of the enemies against our establishment and to boycott the elections has intensified through diplomatic means, news and satellite networks, and cyberspace,\u201d wrote the state-run Javan daily on June 3, echoing the regime\u2019s fear of the opposition activities.\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-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>Days before Iran&rsquo;s sham presidential election, calls, and activities for boycotting the regime&rsquo;s election amplify, both inside Iran and abroad. 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