Tag: Ayatollah Khamenei

Tag: Ayatollah Khamenei

Ayatollah Khamenei: Iran’s Presidential Election Has Become an International Issue

Ayatollah Khamenei: Iran’s Presidential Election Has Become an International Issue

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Sayed Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday that “the upcoming presidential election in the country has become a major international issue.”
“All Think Tanks around the world are monitoring this prominent event and they have specific plans and objectives regarding the Iran election,” he said during a visit with families of Iran-Iraq war martyrs.

Iran’s Elections: Vote Yes or No, Just Be Sure To Vote

Iran’s Elections: Vote Yes or No, Just Be Sure To Vote

The Iranian leadership has a talent of mobilizing people when it is needed. From the 8-year Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988) when many Iranians under 16 (the legal age of military recruiting), falsified their birth certificates to volunteer in the “Holy Defense”, to the mass support of Iran’s nuclear program and high turnouts in lots of elections, the people’s presence has always emboldened the leadership’s authority in the international arena and increased its bargaining power.