{"id":241703,"date":"2021-06-18T04:51:49","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T09:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=241703"},"modified":"2023-01-30T10:17:50","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T09:17:50","slug":"low-turnout-in-iran-sham-election-in-different-cities-mobilization-of-repressive-forces-in-fear-of-popular-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/low-turnout-in-iran-sham-election-in-different-cities-mobilization-of-repressive-forces-in-fear-of-popular-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"Low Turnout in Iran Sham Election in Different Cities  Mobilization of Repressive Forces in Fear of Popular Protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-election\" class=\"size-full wp-image-241704\" style=\"text-align: center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Iran-election.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-election\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Iran-election.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Iran-election-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Iran-election-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Iran-election-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Iran-election-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Iran election<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong><u><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"NCRI-50\" class=\"size-full wp-image-218888 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/NCRI-50.jpg\" alt=\"NCRI logo\" width=\"75\" height=\"69\" \/>Elections \u2013 No. 2<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Reports by the People&#8217;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener\">PMOI\/MEK<\/a>) from thousands of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/\" rel=\"noopener\">polling stations<\/a> in Tehran and various cities across Iran indicate a widespread boycott of the sham election by the people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">According to reports received by 10 AM, many polling stations are completely empty or with few visitors. Reporting polling stations are: in Tehran, at Kharazmi School, Ferdowsi Square, and Razi Educational Center; \u00a0in Tabriz, Taleghani and Nesfe Rah stations: in Karaj, Sadoughi School and Gholami School stations; in Isfahan, polling stations in Al-Mahdi mosque, Sahib al-Zaman mosque, \u00a0and \u00a0Saed High School; in Mehrshahr,\u00a0 polling stations in \u00a0Sahib al-Zaman mosque and Jame Hossein Abad mosque; in Garmsar,\u00a0 the\u00a0 Bank Melli, \u00a0Bank Refah Kargaran, and Razavi High School stations; in Bandar Gaz, the Forestry polling station.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Repressive forces are busy intimidating the public to create an atmosphere of fear and to prevent any filming of polling stations. Anyone filming in Tehran risks arrest. The State Security Force, paramilitary Basij, and plainclothes police are heavily present in and around Enghelab Avenue, the Ministry of Interior, and the airport. Units of the IRGC, Basij, and Special Forces deployed to a disaffected suburb of Tehran, Eslamshahr, during the night and early this morning, establishing checkpoints in the city\u2019s various squares.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The deputy commander of Gilan Province\u2019s State Security Force (SSF) yesterday announced the arrest of 27 citizens on dubious charges of \u201cundermining the integrity of the election.&#8221; The state-run ISNA news agency also announced repressive actions aimed at closing businesses, with the closure of at least 155 business units, warnings to 5,073 businesses, orders to close for 1,073 businesses, and warning to 1,371 businesses in Gilan Province alone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In Tabriz, a high security environment has been created since early morning. \u00a0The repressive SSF and the paramilitary Basij force, have been heavily reinforced on the sham election day by the IRGC who has deployed the Mohammad Rasoul-allah corps to Tehran, and the Seyedol Shohada corps to provincial centers. These two military formations are under the command of the Tharallah headquarters and the IRGC Intelligence Organization.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>June 18, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stats.sender.net\/forms\/dGYVLa\/view\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-219239 aligncenter\" 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>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran election Elections &ndash; No. 2 Reports by the People&rsquo;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) from thousands of polling stations in Tehran and various cities across Iran indicate a widespread 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