Iranians See Crackdowns Ahead Of Presidential Election

Student protest at Tehran University in December 2008

By Shahriar Kia
Baghdad Post, May 10 2017 - With only days left to the so-called presidential “election” in Iran, senior regime officials are extremely concerned about the issue of security, Shahriar Kia wrote in an article published on The Daily Caller.

Here is a glimpse provided by the regime’s top figure.

“If we want the grandeur and sovereignty of the Islamic republic to be preserved and it remains immune (to the harms), all should participate in the elections,” Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said, adding “The only way to confront the animosity of the enemy is the presence of people at the scene…If a dereliction is made and some pave the way for people’s disappointment, the country will definitely suffer.”

However, being the leading state sponsor of terrorism, Iran is not concerned about any security threats such as those recently feared in France during their presidential election.

 While French authorities dispatched over 50,000 armed forces to establish security as the country’s population flocked to the polls, officials in Tehran are terrified of their “election” resulting in major uprisings similar to that of 2009.