Posted on 06/20/2021 11:42:37 AM PDT by BeauBo
Ebrahim Raisi, a hardline judge who is under U.S. sanctions for human rights abuses, secured victory as expected on Saturday in Iran’s presidential election after a contest marked by voter apathy over economic hardships and political restrictions...
Turnout in Friday's four-man race was a record low of around 48.8% and there were 3.7 million invalid ballots that were likely to have been mostly blank or protest votes.
Appointed by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to the high-profile job of judiciary chief in 2019, Raisi was placed under U.S. sanctions a few months later over human rights violations.
Those included the role that human rights group say Raisi played in the executions of thousands of political prisoners in the 1988 and in the violent suppression of unrest in 2009.
Seen by analysts and insiders as representing the security establishment at its most fearsome, Raisi, 60, had been widely tipped to win the contest, thanks to Khamenei’s endorsement.
Iran’s regional allies, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and militant Islamist group Hamas welcomed Raisi’s election. Amnesty International’s Secretary General Agnès Callamard said his victory was “a grim reminder that impunity reigns supreme in Iran”...
a hardline election body barred heavyweight moderates and conservatives from standing.
A U.S. State Department spokesperson said on Friday: "Iranians were denied their right to choose their own leaders in a free and fair electoral process" - a likely reference to the disqualification of candidates.
Many pro-reform Iranians fear Raisi's presidency could usher in more repression.
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Iran Ping.
The expressions of surprise were audible throughout the world. /sarc
Elections are fake in Iran just like the last one in the US
“Wins”. What a joke.
Let’s remember Obama’s meddling in the Iranian elections and Arab Spring/Green Revolution crushed Iran’s hope to rid themselves of the scum. Obama crushed America also in 2020.
So he is the Pelosi of Iran.
He was elected by maybe 30% or less of the country. The rest will just hate the Ayatollahs and Islam more and more
So Iran is modeled after the DNC model.
Hmmm...3.7 million invalid ballots.
Sounds a lot like our elections.
The great majority of people in Iran, who apply to run for political office, are denied the opportunity, by Government review - way over 90% are just disqualified from running.
The election is over before it begins. Only interchangeable Party hacks are even on the ballot.
Raisi is set to take office in early August, which means that Israel will most likely remove Iran’s ability to build or acquire nuclear weapons by then. Put your seat belts on - I suspect that the ride is about to get a little bumpy for sleepin’ Joe and the Iranian deal.
Turnout problems and closer than planned——lucky for him he paid for Dominion to steal the election. They cost a little more but they do so much more.
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