[Reader-list] Tudeh Party of Iran: Election Statement

[Paul D. Miller]

I just thought I'd pass this along. Pretty wild, eh?

Paul

Coup d'etat of a deceitful and backward regime against
the will of millions of Iranians 
Millions of rigged ballots for Ahmadinejad

Statement of the Central Committee of Tudeh Party of
Iran

June 13, 2009

http://www.tudehpartyiran.org/cc-June2009-english.pdf

Our vigilant compatriots!

Your great participation in tens of millions has once
again turned the tenth presidential election into a
referendum against the backward-looking and deceitful
regime. Million of Iranians stood in long queues
holding green flags as a sign of protest against the
bankrupt despotic rule of the Spiritual Leader and his
cronies. This has shaken the mendacious regime to such
an extent that its leaders, fearful of the repetition
of 2nd Khordad (Khatami's election in 1997), have
ordered their repressive forces in the major cities to
crush the will of the majority by organising a quasi-
military coup. The attacks by the security forces
against the thousands of young people pouring into the
streets protesting against the regime's charade, along
with the forced closure of Mousavi's campaign
headquarter and combined with the threats issued by the
Revolutionary Guards to suppress any protest, are all
indicators of a heavy defeat suffered by the regime's
leadership on the 12th of June.

Both presidential candidates, Mousavi and Karroubi,
have declared the poll's results as null and void,
stating that they will not leave the stage. The obvious
poll rigging and fixing of millions of ballots in
Ahmadinejad's name which was followed by Khamenei's
confirmations of the election results shows that the
spiritual leader and his armed militias are the
organisers of the state sponsored violence against the
will of millions of Iranians. This electoral charade
indeed points to a turning point in the way the regime
intends to deal with its opponents and it clearly
demonstrates that even the so-called "insider critics"
will not be allowed even limited political activities.

Khamenei's threatening statement is effectively a
warning to the presidential candidates, demanding their
surrender in the face of the reaction and to abandon
the arena.

In recent weeks the Tudeh Party of Iran has repeatedly
warned against the sinister plans of the repressive
forces preparing to crush the people's will. We asked
all national forces and those struggling for liberty to
unite in a common cause in opposing the regime's plans.

We must not let the powerful might of the people, which
has enraged and petrified the reactionaries, to be
eroded and must prevent people's retreat in
disillusionment, giving the arena back to the
reactionary forces. All social and political forces of
the country should declare the poll's results as void
and use all means to voice their protests against this
deception perpetrated by the Spiritual Leader and his
armed cronies. By broadening and organising the
struggle we must put the ruling regime under pressure.
Accepting these election results would be a betrayal of
the people's vote and would be tantamount to collusion
with a deceitful and backward regime.

Our vigilant compatriots!

The rulers of this regime have ruled by brute force and
by betraying the goals of the Revolution, now they are
about to carry out a coup d'etat against the people.
The powerful presence of millions of Iranians and their
protest can thwart this disgraceful machination and
save our country from a serious danger.