{"id":320910,"date":"2024-06-26T14:08:48","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T13:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=320910"},"modified":"2024-06-26T14:08:48","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T13:08:48","slug":"irans-sham-presidential-candidates-clash-in-final-debate-amidst-sharp-criticism-and-promises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-election\/irans-sham-presidential-candidates-clash-in-final-debate-amidst-sharp-criticism-and-promises\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran\u2019s Sham Presidential Candidates Clash in Final Debate Amidst Sharp Criticism and Promises"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-320895\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/iran-fifth-sham-election-debate-2024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/iran-fifth-sham-election-debate-2024.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/iran-fifth-sham-election-debate-2024-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/iran-fifth-sham-election-debate-2024-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/iran-fifth-sham-election-debate-2024-747x420.jpg 747w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/iran-fifth-sham-election-debate-2024-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/iran-fifth-sham-election-debate-2024-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>Two-minute read<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the latest debate among the six candidates approved by the Guardian Council for the 14th sham presidential election in Iran, the contenders clashed over past and present controversies, displaying the deep divisions within the regime. This debate, ostensibly focused on &#8220;making the government more effective,&#8221; quickly devolved into a series of personal attacks and ideological clashes, revealing the bitter rivalry and discord among the candidates.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-election\/elections-candidates-biography\/who-is-masoud-pezeshkian-minister-mp-and-eternal-conformist-serving-irans-regime\/\">Masoud Pezeshkian<\/a> tried to leverage the issue of the 2022 &#8220;Bloody Friday&#8221; massacre in Zahedan in his own favor, criticizing the regime for failing to recognize the victims as martyrs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In response, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/anews\/who-is-who\/who-is-amir-hossein-ghazizadeh-hashemi-path-from-parliament-to-presidential-candidate-in-iran\/\">Amir-Hossein Ghazizadeh Hashemi<\/a> attacked Pezeshkian for having Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi, former Minister of Communications, in his campaign team, branding Jahromi as the \u201ccommander of the global internet shutdown headquarters.\u201d He accused Pezeshkian\u2019s campaign of being a continuation of Hassan Rouhani\u2019s government, which he blamed for the November 2019 protests and subsequent crackdown. \u201cWe will not allow another November 2019 to happen,\u201d he declared.<\/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>\u2019s Regime Prepares to Rig Presidential <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Election?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Election<\/a> Results in Crisis Management Strategy<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RPzVhxEd5b\">https:\/\/t.co\/RPzVhxEd5b<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1802295061360640115?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 16, 2024<\/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;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/anews\/who-is-who\/who-is-alireza-zakani-corrupt-militiaman-turned-tehran-mayor\/\">Alireza Zakani<\/a> promised to revert gasoline prices to 1,500 tomans, a populist move aimed at gaining favor among voters suffering from economic hardships. He also reiterated his invitation to former presidents Mohammad Khatami and Hassan Rouhani, as well as Bijan Zanganeh, to debate and explain how they allegedly \u201cplundered the people&#8217;s rights.\u201d Zakani further attacked Pezeshkian for defending individuals he claimed were corrupt, wrapping his criticisms in stories of his own sacrifices during the Iran-Iraq war, with the refrain, \u201cI just returned from the front.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pezeshkian, in turn, ridiculed Ghazizadeh\u2019s past promise to fix the stock market in three days, stating, \u201cAsk the veterans with a phone call about your performance.\u201d He reiterated his commitment to Khamenei\u2019s laws and policies, calling them the \u201ccommon covenant,\u201d and suggested that Ghazizadeh\u2019s campaign was trying to divert the debate into unnecessary tensions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/anews\/who-is-who\/iran-1988-massacre-who-is-mostafa-pourmohammadi\/\">Mostafa Pourmohammadi<\/a> began by citing state TV polls, claiming that three-quarters of Iranians are primarily concerned with economic issues. He criticized the current administration for the stock market crisis and promised to bring a positive balance to the capital market if elected. Pourmohammadi also attacked Saeed Jalili, saying, \u201cI am neither a shadow dweller nor restless for power and position,\u201d adding, \u201cI am neither an Ayatollah nor a doctor,\u201d mocking his rivals\u2019 tendency for grandiose titles which was actually an attempt to deceive the public and redesign his notorious image.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The debate highlighted the fractured state of the regime, with candidates more focused on discrediting each other than addressing the needs of the Iranian people. The heated exchanges and personal attacks underscored the desperation of the candidates to distance themselves from the regime\u2019s failures while simultaneously trying to appear loyal to its core principles. As the election approaches, these internal conflicts reveal a regime struggling to maintain a veneer of legitimacy amidst growing public discontent and international scrutiny.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two-minute read In the latest debate among the six candidates approved by the Guardian Council for the 14th sham presidential election in Iran, the contenders clashed over past and present [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69,"featured_media":320895,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[496],"tags":[492],"class_list":{"0":"post-320910","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-iran-election","8":"tag-iran-elections"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Iran\u2019s Sham Presidential 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