The Party of Labour of Iran (Toufan) boycotts the farce presidential elections in Iran

The twelfth Presidential election in Iran is going to be held on May 19, 2017. This is a farce election. Neither women, half of the Iran’s population, nor the religious minorities, no need to mention the communists and the opposition forces, have the right to presidential candidacy,

The preconditions for fair and free elections do not exist under the rule of the Islamic Republic. There is no freedom of organization or assembly, trade unionists and worker-activists are imprisoned, the execution and repression of the opponents are continued, bribery and astronomical embezzlement by the high ranking authorities are exposed, and unleashed economic neo-liberalism is suffocating the masses. This is not an election; it is the appointment of a mafia bandit by the Supreme Leader to preserve and continue the rule of the Islamic Republic to gain domestic and international legitimacy.

To participate in the elections in Iran and to vote for one of the crooks and hypocrites of the regime is an insult to the dignity and respect for a human being and to give legitimacy to the Islamic Republic’s killing machine. The people of Iran, the workers, women, labourers, and masses of Iran have no choice except to boycott the farce elections in Iran.