THE 2016 VOTE IN IRAN'S THEOCRACY: An analysis of Parliamentary & Assembly of Experts Elections

by NCRI- U.S. Office

Overview

This book examines all the relevant data about the 2016 Assembly of Experts as well as Parliamentary elections ahead of the February 26, 2016 elections date. It looks at the history of such elections since the 1979 revolution and highlights the current intensified infighting among the various factions of the Iranian regime.

The Iranian regime holds elections for the presidency, parliament (Majlis), Assembly of Experts, and municipal councils. Yet this jumbled appearance of a representative government can deceive the western eye. The clerical regime has a contradictory nature, uncharacteristic of any theocracy that has ruled before it: seemingly holding elections while effectively preserving a monopoly of power through the supreme leader. That institution represents the essence of its undemocratic nature.

This book has data charts, tables, and graphs, as well as pictures and analysis of the 2016 elections in Iran.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780990432791
Publisher:	National Council of Resistance of Iran-US Office
Publication date:	02/16/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	70
File size:	7 MB

About the Author

National Council of Resistance of Iran-US Representative Office acts as the Washington office for Iran's Parliament-in-exile, which seeks to establish a democratic, secular, non-nuclear republic in Iran. NCRI-US, registered as a non-profit tax-exempt organization, has been instrumental in exposing many nuclear sites of Iran, including the sites in Natanz, and Arak, exposed the biological and chemical weapons program of Iran, as well as its ambitious missile program. NCRI-US has also exposed the terrorist network of the Iranian regime including its involvement in the bombing of Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia, the Jewish Community Center in Argentina, its providing arms, agents, and training to fuel sectarian violence in Iraq, and Iran's destructive role in other countries in the region.

Table of Contents

Prologue ............................................................................. 6 Khomeini's Caliphate .......................................................... 7 Guardian Council ................................................................ 9 Presidency ......................................................................... 10 Spiritual and Practical Allegiance to the Supreme Leader...11 Assembly of Experts.................................................... 12 Chapter 1: Basic Facts on Parliamentary and Assembly of Experts Elections ................................... 16 Historical Background: ................... 16 Composition of the Regime's Parliament.......................... 18 number of electoral districts and ballot boxes in Iran........19 Elections Processes and Deadlines........................................ 20 Main Agencies Involved in the Iranian Regime's Elections..... 22 A: Interior Ministry .................................................................. 22 The Elections Committee ....................................................... 23 Elections Supervisory Body (Interior Ministry)....................... 24 Elections Monitors and Observers ........................................... 24 Elections Administrators .......................................................... 25 The Interior Ministry's Vetting Process .................................... 25 Comparative Statistics of the 10 parliamentary elections and Interior Ministry disqualifications ................. 26 Approval Rates by the Interior Ministry for the past 10 election cycles:............................... 27 B: e Guardian Council .......................................................... 28 Composition of the Guardian Council..................................... 29 Guardian Council's Electoral Authorities................................. 29 "Approbation Supervision" (Nezarat-e Estesvabi) .................... 30 Supervisory Offices of the Guardian Council .......................... 31 Members of the Central Electoral Supervisory Office (Guardian Council)............................... 32 IRGC Intelligence Organization: Guardian Council's Main Instrument ................................. 33 The Purge and Disqualifications by the Guardian Council in the Current Parliamentary Election....... 34 All Candidates&Disqualifications in 31 Provinces for the 10th Parliamentary Elections .............. 36 Past Disqualifications by the Guardian Council for Parliamentary Elections ................... 38 Past Disqualifications Chart by the Guardian Council for Parliamentary Elections ........ 39 Election Funding and the Illicit Role of the Iranian Regime's Organizations .................................. 41 Using Drug Money to Pay for Campaigns...............................41 Political Parties within the Regime........................................... 44 The "Reformist" Faction and Its Electoral Tactics ................... 46 The "Principalists" (pro-Khamenei) Faction and Electoral Tactics ............................................... 49 Participation of Women............................................................53 Chapter 2: Analysis of the 2016 Elections ............................... 55 Engineering of Election Results by Khamenei ................... 55 Reasons for Escalation of Infighting on the Brink of the Elections......................................... 58 Rafsanjani-Rouhani Take their Fight to the Guardian Council............................. 59 Khamenei Personally Manipulates Elections...................... 62 Meeting of IRGC Commanders on Engineering Election Results ........................................ 67