Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 15 – The Office for the Strengthening
of Unity (OSU), the main student body operating legally in Iran, adopted a declaration today calling on voters to stay away from the polls on Friday and warning that the clerical authorities will inflate turnout figures to show support for the regime. Adopted by a two-thirds majority, the declaration noted that the election masquerade has had many scenes, including power struggle among rival factions, threats and incentives, and efforts to …
Iran student body calls for boycott, warns of rigged turnout figures
Iran student body calls for boycott, warns of rigged turnout figures
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 15 – The Office for the Strengthening
of Unity (OSU), the main student body operating legally in Iran, adopted a declaration today calling on voters to stay away from the polls on Friday and warning that the clerical authorities will inflate turnout figures to show support for the regime. Adopted by a two-thirds majority, the declaration noted that the election masquerade has had many scenes, including power struggle among rival factions, threats and incentives, and efforts to …
Iran election news round-up
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 15
Supreme Leader: Voting a ‘religious duty’
When hardliners complain of being demonised!
Bombings will increase voter turnout: Judiciary chief
Khatami warns of organised moves to manipulate elections
Larijani campaign office in southern Iran burnt down
Candidate says bombings could have official approval
Sound bombs explode in Zahedan
Revolutionary Guards call for high turnout to deal “fatal blow to enemies”
U.S. is secretly thanking us: Rafsanjani
Iran election news round-up
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 15
Supreme Leader: Voting a ‘religious duty’
When hardliners complain of being demonised!
Bombings will increase voter turnout: Judiciary chief
Khatami warns of organised moves to manipulate elections
Larijani campaign office in southern Iran burnt down
Candidate says bombings could have official approval
Sound bombs explode in Zahedan
Revolutionary Guards call for high turnout to deal “fatal blow to enemies”
U.S. is secretly thanking us: Rafsanjani
Top Iranian candidate sued
Toronto Star: A Toronto-area man who was imprisoned and tortured in Iran has filed a $9 million lawsuit against the
leading candidate in Friday’s Iranian presidential election, and six other men.
In the Mullahs’ Shadow
The Wall Street Journal: As Iranians go to the polls on Friday to elect a successor to Mohammad Khatami, the high hopes for reform that brought him to power in 1997 have given way to fear that the hardliners will use this election to consolidate their power and reach an accommodation with the West. Eight years ago, Iranians hoped the election of a reformist would lead to political change, respect for human rights, and the rule of law.
Iran clerics setting stage for electoral fraud: opposition
Iran Focus: London, Jun. 15 Faced with widespread apathy and a nationwide call for a boycott of the June 17 presidential elections, the Iranian regime is setting the stage to engage in electoral fraud, the opposition National Council of Resistance of Iran announced today. The NCRI said in a statement that Irans clerical authorities planned to engage in fraud, vote fixing, and inflating the turnout figures.
Iran clerics setting stage for electoral fraud: opposition
Iran Focus: London, Jun. 15 Faced with widespread apathy and a nationwide call for a boycott of the June 17 presidential elections, the Iranian regime is setting the stage to engage in electoral fraud, the opposition National Council of Resistance of Iran announced today. The NCRI said in a statement that Irans clerical authorities planned to engage in fraud, vote fixing, and inflating the turnout figures.
Iranian official hints no inspections at suspect nuclear site anytime soon
AFP: A senior Iranian negotiator hinted Wednesday that UN nuclear inspectors would not be visiting the Parchin military
site in Iran, where the United States says weapons work is going on, anytime soon. Cyrus Nasseri told AFP that any such inspections of the Parchin and Lavizan military sites would be “transparency” visits, beyond the inspections that are required by the UN watchdog International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
Irans ex-Revolutionary Guards chief abandons race
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 15 A day after Iran Focus predicted that Mohsen Rezai, one of the five ex-Revolutionary Guards commanders in the eight-man race for Irans next president, would withdraw in favour of strongman Hashemi Rafsanjani, he bowed out on Wednesday evening. In a statement explaining his decision to withdraw, Rezai said today that he was heeding the opinion of pre-eminent religious leaders to avoid splitting the votes.
