I'd forgotten about that suspicious chopper crash

kepford

> It sounds like Iranians are protesting the regime by not voting:

Exactly.

In the US it seems that many do not get that NOT voting is also a statement. 

I guess that helicopter crash was more convenient than it appeared, but I'm not sure presidents in Iran are anything more than something to be wagged by Khamenei.

It sounds like Iranians are protesting the regime by not voting:

the turnout was the lowest since the Islamic revolution in 1979

On Iranian social media, the Persian hashtag "traitorous minority" went viral, urging people not to vote for either of the candidates and calling anyone who did a "traitor".

In a rare move, he acknowledged that some Iranians do not accept the current regime. "We listen to them and we know what they are saying and it is not like they are hidden and not seen," Mr Khamenei said.

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Iran election: Reformer Masoud Pezeshkian elected new president

I guess that helicopter crash was more convenient than it appeared, but I'm not sure presidents in Iran are anything more than something to be wagged by Khamenei.

It sounds like Iranians are protesting the regime by not voting:

> the turnout was the lowest since the Islamic revolution in 1979

> On Iranian social media, the Persian hashtag "traitorous minority" went viral, urging people not to vote for either of the candidates and calling anyone who did a "traitor".

This sounds like a threat:

> In a rare move, he acknowledged that some Iranians do not accept the current regime. "We listen to them and we know what they are saying and it is not like they are hidden and not seen," Mr Khamenei said.