{"id":241481,"date":"2021-06-14T10:01:51","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T15:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=241481"},"modified":"2023-04-20T21:07:32","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T20:07:32","slug":"iran-election-2021-third-debate-exhibited-regimes-deadlock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-election\/iran-election-2021-third-debate-exhibited-regimes-deadlock\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Election 2021: Third Debate Exhibited Regime\u2019s Deadlock"},"content":{"rendered":"

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During the third debate of the regime\u2019s sham presidential<\/a> election, the so-called candidates acknowledged some aspects of corruption and crimes of the regime. This \u201ccursing match,\u201d<\/a> as described by the regime\u2019s MPs, showed the regime\u2019s worsening internal crisis and amplifying infightings.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The following text summarizes some of what the regime\u2019s candidates said during the third debate.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhy are people unsatisfied? Why the slightest social problem rapidly turns into a crisis? It rains, there is flood people show dissatisfaction. Look at the fuel price issue in November 2019<\/a> [what happened]. These are not solutions,\u201d said Mohsen\u00a0Mehralizadeh, one of the candidates, referring to the society\u2019s explosiveness and the November 2019 major protests.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cLook at the cases of individuals like Isa Sharifi, who was afflicted to the then-mayor of Tehran [Mohammad Bagher\u00a0Ghalibaf<\/a>\u00a0current parliament speaker]; it has been left unattended for four years. He had embezzled billions of tomans. No one cares. Look at the case of Babak Zanjani. If these cases were clarified, people would have trusted,\u201d\u00a0Meharlizadeh\u00a0said, referring to some cases of corruption in the regime.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cToday, despite repeated advice by officials, daily campaigns, and colorful banners and posters, the election atmosphere is still cold and soulless due to people\u2019s distrust of their impact and frustration with their unfulfilled dreams,\u201d\u00a0Mehalizadeh\u00a0acknowledged the growing call for boycotting regime\u2019s sham election.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Each candidate tried to blame the other one for the country\u2019s economic and social crises.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt has been a year that people face the choice of life over bread,\u201d said Amir Hossain\u00a0Ghazizadeh-Hashemi, one of the candidates, referring to the ongoing Covid-19<\/a> outbreak in Iran and the regime\u2019s refusal to help people while on quarantine.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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