#Iran: Democratic opposition in the run-up to presidential elections
In the run-up to the Iranian regime’s presidential election, the activist network of the main Iranian opposition movement, the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK), has been engaged in an extensive, nationwide campaign calling on Iranians to boycott the elections.
There has been a conspicuous uptick in the activities of the resistance network in recent weeks despite huge risks of arrest, torture and even execution. Iranian state media and some regime officials have publicly warned about these activities in recent weeks.
The extent of Resistance activities throughout the country is greater ahead of this year’s election than during previous campaigns, including the 2013 campaign that brought President Hassan Rouhani to power.
These activities have involved hanging huge portraits of the Iranian opposition leader, Maryam Rajavi, from overpasses or bridges in major freeways in Tehran and other cities, posting her picture on walls in public locations, at bazaars, and outside the paramilitary Bassji headquarters, as well as placing them on the windshields of cars and distributing flyers and T-shirts with the MEK emblem and calling for regime change
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