Elections

“These elections are a project to consolidate governance in favor of the extremist movement.”

A group of reformists said in a statement that “due to the widespread and organized disqualification of volunteers in favor of a specific movement” in most…

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Statement by a group of women political prisoners on the necessity of boycotting and rejecting the parliamentary elections

A number of Iranian women who are serving political prison sentences have issued a statement calling for a boycott of the parliamentary elections. To…

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Poll Results: 75% of Tehran residents will not participate in parliamentary elections

The head of the Institute of Social Studies at the University of Tehran announced that, based on the results of a survey, 24 percent of Tehran residents voted in the elections…

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The Guardian Council has rejected the qualifications of "56 percent" of candidates for the 11th Parliament elections.

The qualifications of about 56% of the candidates for the 11th Parliament elections, including a number of prominent political figures and eight current representatives from Tehran...

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"March Without a Vote": Political Activists Call for "Boycott of the Elections"

164 political and civil activists abroad called on the Iranian people to boycott the parliamentary elections in March.…

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Political prisoner Narges Mohammadi calls for election boycott "out of respect for the blood of those killed in recent Iranian protests"

Narges Mohammadi, a civil rights activist imprisoned in Iran, published a short note referring to the government's repression and killing of protesters...

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The Election Purgatory and the Reformists' Indecision

اصلاح‌طلبان پنهان نمی‌کنند که انگیزه‌ای در جامعه برای مشارکت در انتخابات وجود ندارد و خودشان نیز هنوز تصمیم ‌قطعی نگرفته‌اند…

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نتیجه انتخابات استرالیا باعث «موجی از خودکشی و خودزنی» در میان پناهجویان مانوس شد

گزارش‌ها از جزیره مانوس در شمال پاپوآ گینه نو حاکی است که برنده شدن ائتلاف ضد مهاجرت در انتخابات استرالیا…

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