IRIB keeps saying about Milions of People joined to vote in this round of election.
They keep showing some specific poll centers that their hired people go to vote.
They hired and imported many to vote in Tehran and to show them to Foreign Media and observers.
What about this "massive turnout" He is probably referring to the massive turnout in his office:
http://www.mehrnews.com/wfNewsDetails_en.aspx?NewsID=60491&t=Political Elections, to End Up in a More Moderate, Calm Majlis: EC Head
TEHRAN, February 20 (Mehr News Agency) -- Expediency Council Chief Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani after casting his vote for the 7th Majlis elections said, by their massive turnout in the polls, the Iranian people would answer the spites, Mehr News Agency reported on Friday.
Rafsanjani was referring to the recent events on the threshold of the 7th parliamentary elections, saying that given the issues such as some government bills that had been very politicized and the disqualifications by the Guardian Council of some hopefuls, it was clear we would be facing a venturous election. EC head noted it would have been better to do away with unpleasant internal events, the report added.
The EC head who was speaking to domestic and foreign reporters asserted that the interference of the foreigners, particularly the U.S., aimed at disappointing the Iranian people were worse than anything else. They have done all they could to dissuade people from taking part in the elections, the former Iranian president also noted.
On his assessment of the electorates, he added that, the general atmosphere shows a satisfactory rate of public participation may be expected.
In response to a reporter inquiring whether democracy would be materialized if only a quarter of the contenders turn out to be elected, he said so far in the past parliamentary and presidential elections, both the public turnout and the votes cast for the contenders have been more favorable than similar electoral results in the rest of the world.
He explained that at worst we would have a situation similar to that of the U.S. in which its president was elected by only 25 percent of the votes. Moreover, the U.S. president was declared the winner of the votes only after the verdict of the court, however, Rafsanjani also commented.
Turning to the pre-electoral process of assessment of the contenders? qualifications, the EC head predicted the election is likely to end up in forming a more moderate and calm Majlis, the report added.
Asked whether the 7th Majlis elections would be safe, he noted, "This time more serious supervision is effected and the executive board is more alert. Besides, the public close watch is of great significance and they themselves should keep a close eye on the balloting process."
As to Iran-Egypt ties, he voiced interest in renewal of ties between the two states and said, ?I have always been eager to see the relations between the two countries become natural.?
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MNA
Yeah, those foreign reporters are pretty stupid.
Don't they realize that they aren't dealing with uneducated farmers?
No one believes that junk.