Iran stages a dismal election as Islamic regime circles the wagons

MSN?Washington Post ^ | 3-3-24

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Voter turnout in elections in Iran hit what appears a historic low. According to unofficial accounts, only about 40 percent of the electorate cast a ballot Friday in separate votes for the country’s national parliament and the Assembly of Experts, the political body that will select the successor to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s 84-year-old supreme leader. An opposition boycott and widespread disenchantment set the mood, even as the theocratic regime pushed its citizens to come out to the polls.

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The turnout numbers may mark the lowest since the 1979 revolution that brought the Islamic regime into power. In Tehran, the capital, as little as 11 percent of the electorate may have voted

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When the Iranian Basij beat those who vote “incorrectly”, this news is not surprising.

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Owning an operational AK-47 or RPG-7 is prerequisite for voting in this election.