Posts Tagged: Iran democracy
Internal Boycott of Iranian Elections Shows a Regime That Doesn’t Serve Its People
In the Islamic Republic of Iran, a landscape once rich with cultural and political heritage now suffers under the yoke of an authoritarian regime that...
Iran’s Sham Elections: The Inevitable Charade of a Theocratic Regime
As another presidential election looms in Iran, the charade orchestrated by the theocracy of Shiite mullahs unfolds yet again. This exercise, set against the backdrop...
Is There Hope for a Democratic Iran?
In today's Iran, a country teetering on the brink of the abyss and nearing total destruction, the sorrowful and fragmented society is desperately crying out...
Iran’s Presidential Elections Have Nothing to Do with Democracy
On June 18, 2021, the Islamic Republic of Iran will hold its 13th presidential elections. Some view Iranian elections as consistent with a democratic process based...
The Sham of Iranian Elections: The Supreme Leader Still Reigns Supreme
With the election of Ahmad Jannati as chairman of the Iranian Assembly of Experts and Ali Larijani as parliament speaker, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei...
There Are No Such Things as ‘Elections’ in Iran
The Islamic Republic of Iran is going to hold two “elections” simultaneously on February 26, 2016: Parliamentary elections, and elections for the Assembly of Experts. Since the Revolution of...
Only Democracy Can Save Iran
In an interview with Borna news agency last week, Jahan-Baksh Khanjani, a former deputy minister of Iran, has said that Iran's policy-making centers, chief amongst them the Majles...
U.S. is Failing a Simple Middle East Test
Who should Western democrats support in the "new" Middle East?: a. Islamists elected to power who claim to be democrats (best example: the Muslim Brotherhood in Egyptor the ayatollahs...
