elections 1403

Departure of Imam Hussein: armed uprising or civil protest?

Ashkouri: The departure of Imam Hussein was an armed uprising.

Dabagh: Imam Hossein's departure against the caliph was a form of civil disobedience

The border between myth and superstition in Ashura narration

Dabbagh: Some may use superstitions and anti-rational words to warm up the meeting.

What did Imam Hossein's command to do good mean?

Ashkouri: The more I research, the more my devotion to Imam Hossein grows

Ashura: A revolutionary or romantic narrative?

Pezeshkian's note in Tehran Times: strengths and unwritten lines

Ashkouri: One of the reasons why Imam Hossein became a role model throughout history is that he did not sell his vote

Pezeshkian attitude to China and Russia

Alizadeh: Pezeshkian's laudatory interpretations of China and Russia are very interesting.

Was the war between Yazid and Imam Hossein a power struggle?

Alizadeh: The elections of the Islamic Republic are a closed circuit that no one can enter from outside

Mena's sermon and the grounds of Imam Hossein's uprising

Ashkouri: The origin of Imam Hussein's famous sermon and its radical view of the Umayyad caliphate goes back to Saqifah.

Is the Tehran Times article a sign of the adjustment of the leader's policies?

Was the government of Imam Hussein a religious government?

Ashkouri: The government of that period can be considered both religious and non-religious.

Masoud Pezeshkian's foreign policy in Tehran Times article

Alizadeh: In this note, neither a change in policy nor a change in tone can be seen.

Alizadeh: I still cannot consider Raisi's death an accident

Is it possible to modify the structure?

Jafarpour: One of the essentials for reforming governance is to amend the constitution

Pezeshkian and interaction with the revolutionary parliament

Is pezeshkian, the system's shock absorber?

Jafarpour: One of the achievements of the 2022 protests was people's attention to the constitution

Leadership and authority above the law

Jafarpour: The president should remove the veil between himself and the people and convey the truth.

Presidential powers: real power or political show?

Jafarpour: The powers that were defined for the president in the draft of the constitution have become more and more limited until today.

Fakuhi: Not participating in the elections is a logical action; But it is not effective

Is Iranian society on the verge of revolution?

Fakuhi: Most sociologists believe that revolution is the worst solution for societies.

Fakuhi: Neither Tehran will become Berlin, nor Iran, North Korea

Fukuhi: Inequality and injustice creates a rebellious situation in the society

Is a fundamental change in the Velayat al-Faqih system possible?

Fakuhi: The political system has this illusion that it can do anything with absolute power.

Fakouhi: Participation in elections is not necessarily the only way for democratic engagement

Fakuhi: It is wrong to expect a lot from the elections

Even if two fundamentalists are candidates, they will perform differently according to their personality and background.

What will the reformers do in case of fraud in the counting of votes?

Alviri: Considering the issues of 2009, it is unlikely that the government will turn to fraud again.

What is the difference between Jalili government and Pezeshkian government?

Nabavi: Mr. Jalili does not believe in revising foreign policy.

Alviri: The government is forced to retreat

Nabavi: Choosing between bad and worse is a decision of reason

Pezeshkian should play with the checkers of the government?

Alviri: Despite all the limitations, one should play the best game to preserve the national resources.

Alviri: Many believe that this vote is a vote between the existence and non-existence of Iran

Pezeshkian and the implementation of leadership orders

kosar: Does Pezeshkian want to collect votes or be liked by the leadership?

Nabavi: No president in the country does anything against the opinion of the leadership

Does banning participation lead to collapse?

Alviri: With the arrival of Ahmadinejad, the work of the system did not go smoothly.

kosar: I didn't expect such non-participation in the first round either

It is Khamenei who determines the main policy by electing the president. If the reformers do not scare people from Jalili, participation will decrease.

Nabavi: Structural reform is formed following the movement towards reform

Can doctors make changes?

Elviri: Our problems are structural and go back to the fundamental flaws of our governance system.

Election Winner: The People or the System?

Nabawi: Participating in the elections is in the interest of Iran and the Iranian people; It may also be in the interest of government.

I used to be a reformer, but now I consider myself a transformist.

We thought the Guardian Council of this period would also close and limit the space. 
Last week, I decided to vote.

What is the difference between Jalili and doctors?

Kausar: All the talks of these two people are selfless;  Because the decisive person is Khamenei.

Kowsar: Reformists and fundamentalists have been complicit in the destruction of our water resources

I cannot expect a change in the environmental management structure. 
We saw how environmental activity became safe. 
Water is the most important political issue in the world.

How do the candidates view the environment?

Kowther: For many of these people, the environment is not a cosmetic issue.

Do debates increase participation?

Kowsar: 60% of non-participation is also a declaration of the regime, and it may not be true.

How will society react to the second round?

Azizi: Opponents of the regime do not have a plan and only react to events

Is there a possibility of fraud in this election?

Selahshuri: The system does not have the risk of repeating the events of 2009.

Azizi: Pezeshkian knew from the very beginning that he could not bring the boycotters to the ballot box

A thoughtful note by Dr. Mustafa Moin, mentioning that he did not participate in the first and second presidential elections, but he introduced Dr. Masoud Pezeshkian as the right candidate

Live coverage / full speech of Mohammad Javad Zarif at the ceremony of renewing the covenant with the ideals of the founder of the Islamic Republic

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Its political maturity is more than 50% who did not vote!

The final announcement of the official results of the presidential election Pezeshkian became the president of Iran

Dr. Massoud is leading by a small margin by announcing the initial count and it seems that if this method of counting does not change drastically, he should be congratulated as the elected president

Seyyed Reza Salehi Amiri, representative of Masoud Pezeshkian's headquarters, on the sidelines of his visit to the country's election headquarters:

No reports have been received that question the integrity of the elections.

The most beautiful and fruitful text that I saw about the reason for participating in the second round of presidential elections is by Siavash Safarian

Images recorded from the moment Zarif and Pezeshkian voted in Qods City

Remarkable Minister of Interior

Mrs. Efat Marashi, the wife of Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani and Fatemeh Hashemi Rafsanjani, cast her vote in Hosseinieh Jamaran

What will be the society's reaction to Jalili's victory?

Selahshuri: Even the fans of Qalibaf are not willing to come to terms with Jalili's thoughts.

Azizi: The situation is so bad that everyone talks about change in the debates

Selahshuri: One of the reasons why people stayed at home in the Mahsa movement was the inefficient opposition

Salahshouri: If activists put in the effort, they can achieve results even within this closed structure

Will those who did not participate change their stance?

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Misbah Yazdi and the stability front

Akbarnejad: According to Mr. Misbah, Islam was a maximum Islam.

Salahshouri: The 60% lack of participation has boosted the confidence of society

If the name of Saeed Jalili comes out of the fund as the winner of the election, what will the reformers answer to the people?

A conversation with Parvaneh Salahshuri, doctor of sociology and representative of the 10th term of parliament, after a year of silence.

Does low participation lead to policy reform?

Akbarnejad: If the government sees the role of the people as a marginal role, it does not care about non-participation.

The winner of high participation is the system or the people?

Akbarnejad: High participation is only for the benefit of the system.

The effect of non-participation on the legitimacy of the system

Azad Aramaki: The decrease in participation bothers the Islamic Republic internally, but not in expression.

Akbarnejad: How different can the performance of presidents be in a situation where the security perspective prevails?

 For 45 years, we have seen the results of this rail laying.
All governments with different ideas have finally reached a dead end.

Akbarnejad: People have realized that reformists and fundamentalists both play within the system.

I hope people will not participate in the second round of elections.
The people's negative response to the government will gain value when it is repeated in the second round.
No matter if Medekian becomes the president or Jalili, the table between you and me will not get bigger.

The possibility of forming new subversive nuclei in the next government

Azad Aramaki: Mr. Jalili has the potential to create conditions for collapse.

What was the reason for the low participation?

Akbarnejad: If the turnout rate was higher than this, we would have to doubt the health of our nation.

Which way will society go in the second round of elections?

Azad Aramaki: My impression is that we will see the displacement of the population in terms of elections.

Why Did "Jalili" and "Ghalibaf" Not Withdraw in Favor of Each Other?

"Azad Aramaki": Conservatism is currently experiencing a period of decline.

Azad Aramaki: The Islamic Republic is afraid of the continuation of political action

How effective are shaming movements?

Dilchashte: Royalists with clubs are enemies of freedom and human rights.