Struan Stevenson, UPI, 27 February 2020 Feb. 27 (UPI) — Iran held a general election on Friday following weeks of threats and warnings from the mullahs about the need to vote, so that the theocratic regime could retain some sort…
Articles
Q&A With Ali Safavi on Results of Iran’s Sham Parliamentary Election
NCRI, 27 February 2020 In every respect, the sham parliamentary election turned out to be a crushing defeat for the regime in its entirety, particularly for its supreme leader Ali Khamenei, who wanted to showcase this sham as a sign of…
IRGC commander Qalibaf, topping the list in Tehran must face justice for war crimes and crimes against humanity NCRI-FAC, February 21 – Those making it to the Parliament after the sham election are a band of IRGC commanders and…
Articles
Maryam Rajavi: After Long Delay, Astronomical Rigging, Regime Admits Defeat
Reports from Tehran, Ahvaz polling stations show turnout one-third of 2016 NCRI-FAC, February 23 – After two days of confusion and fabrication of bogus figures, Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli, the regime’s Minister of Interior, announced that 42.5 percent had voted…
2020 Events, Articles, Events, Statements
NCRI-US Press Briefing on Iranian Regime’s Sham Parliamentary Elections
WASHINGTON, DC, February 20, 2020 — Washington, DC, February 20, 2020–The U.S. Representative Office of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI-US) held a press briefing in its Washington office on the Iranian regime’s upcoming parliamentary elections. Soona…
WASHINGTON, DC, US, February 18, 2020 — On Thursday, February 20th, the National Council of Resistance of Iran, U.S. Representative Office (NCRI-US), will hold a briefing on the special aspects of Iranian regime’s February 21st parliamentary elections. The briefing…
Articles
Iranian dissidents call for election boycott after regime disqualifies thousands of candidates
Adam Shaw, Fox News, 16 February 2020 Iranian dissidents opposed to the hardline regime in Tehran are urging their fellow citizens not to vote in next week’s elections, which they describe as a “sham” — calling on them to instead work…
Articles
Khamenei’s Purge of the Rival Faction Amid Fear of Nationwide Boycott of Election Masquerade
NCRI, 15 February 2020 Iran: Sham Election – No. 3 The Iranian regime’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, poised to establish a unipolar regime, through an unprecedented purge of the rival faction’s parliament candidates, is, at the same time, terrified of the…
Ken Blackwell, Townhall, 15 February 2020 The Iranian regime will hold its so-called parliamentary elections next Friday amidst mounting crises. The “elections” this year unfold in a radically different setting, with growing popular discontent and uprisings exacerbating an already…
Ali Safavi, Washington Examiner, 19 May 2017 Friday’s presidential election in Iran represents anything but a genuine process like that expected by the average American. In Iran’s theocratic state, the supreme leader (a cleric called vali-e faqih) enjoys the…