As of: March 1, 2024, 11:59 a.m
By: Erkan Pehlivan
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Around 61 million people are called on Friday to elect a new parliament and the council of experts.
There is little hope of change in Iran.
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Parliamentary election on Friday: Ali Khamenei casts first vote in Iran
Hardly any hope for change: Experts believe Iran can no longer be reformed
This news ticker for the parliamentary elections in Iran is constantly updated
Update from March 1st, 11:57 a.m.:
As soon as the elections were accepted, the dampeners on hope in Iran increased.
From the perspective of the Cologne Islamic scholar Katajun Amirpur, the country can no longer be reformed in its current state constitution.
All the reform projects that have been attempted in recent years could never have led to anything, “because they always fail because of a bulwark of reactionaries,” said Amirpur in an interview with
Deutschlandfunk
.
From their point of view, the only way forward is to abolish the system completely.
The elections would be in favor of those in power because all reform-oriented candidates had already been sorted out before the election.
In addition, parliament has little power.
Khamenei opens parliamentary elections in Iran
First report from March 1st:
Iran's religious leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei opened the elections in Iran in the morning hours under the strictest security precautions.
The head of state cast his votes for the parliamentary election and the expert council in the center of the capital Tehran on Friday.
“The eyes of the people and politicians of the world are on Iran,” Khamenei said after the vote.
“Both friends and enemies,” he added.
In Iran, power will apparently remain in the hands of the conservatives even after the parliamentary elections.
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Numerous critical candidates were excluded before the elections by the so-called Guardian Council.
The population is disillusioned by failed reform attempts in recent decades.
Many people don't want to vote.
Opposition members living in exile called for a boycott in advance.
The imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi also called for a boycott.
(erpe/dpa)