Election result reflects the Iranian people's total rejection of the religious fascism, a major defeat for clerical rule

Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian Resistance, described the total boycott of today's mullahs' sham election a major defeat and rejection of the entire clerical rule by the Iranian people. She congratulated the Iranian people for their widespread boycott of the elections.

Mrs. Rajavi reiterated that the total boycott came at the time when the leaders of the regime with all its factions had called for a major turnout. The move was a rejection of the clerical regime with all its factions.

Based on reports by the social headquarters of the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI) taken from more than 25,000 polling stations, 95 percent of the eligible voters went for a boycott. A small margin, aside from the regime's supporters and agents as well as the suppressive forces, participated only for their economic needs.

Mrs. Rajavi emphasize that today's show which was put on by the regime aimed at purging the rival factions was a sign of a regime in its demise. She added that Khamenei and Ahmadinejad, with their widespread vote rigging which they called it "electoral engineering," were trying to cleanse the future Majlis from their adversaries. This was in hope of obtaining nuclear weapons, devouring Iraq and export of terrorism and fundamentalism to the region without an internal obstacle.

President-elect of the Iranian Resistance said that the Majlis sham election which was "engineered" in advance was to prepare for a stand off with the international community. Hence, any delay to adopt a firm policy vis-à-vis the regime would bring a major catastrophe. Such policy should comprise of comprehensive sanctions imposed on the mullahs' regime as well as recognition of the Iranian people's right to resist. The first step in adopting such a policy would be to remove the PMOI, the back bone of the Iranian opposition, from the terrorist list. The undertaking was a key component of the appeasement policy toward religious fascism ruling Iran.

Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
March 14, 2008