An online press conference, hosted by the
National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), was held on May 4, 2017,
to discuss the impacts and implications of the “sham” election in Iran
to be held later this month. The two main speakers were Ambassador
Giulio Terzi, the former Foreign Minister of Italy and a former
ambassador to the United States; and Mohammad Mohaddessin, Chairman of
the NCRI Foreign Affairs Committee.
The opening remarks were made by Mohaddessin, who called the Iran election scheduled for May 19th,
totally different from the elections that occur in democratic
countries. It is only an election if there is opposition, he noted,
which is not the case in Iran. The only ones who can serve as candidates
are already a part of the ruling regime.
“One has to keep in mind that elections
are a modern concept, which is totally contradictory with this regime.
It is a total contradiction of the absolute rule of the supreme leader
that is a concept of the Middle Ages,” said Mohaddessin.
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