Iranian Sham Election

Not sure if you or anyone is following the conflicts going on in Asia right now, but Iran's election is being boycotted becuase the citizens believe the president is merely a puppet for their religeous Supreme Leader. Click here for for information.

The mullahs’ Supreme Leader controls all the levers of power within the clerical regime, and the president is simply a puppet. In accordance with Article 110 of the regime’s constitution, the Supreme Leader formulates the regime’s policies, and is responsible for appointing senior commanders of the military, police and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), as well as the highest judicial authorities, the head of the state-run radio and TV, and the clerics of the Guardian Council. The Guardian Council, according to Articles 93 and 99 of the constitution, monitors all elections and vets all candidates. Election laws stipulate that all elected officials must “be spiritually devoted to the Supreme Leader and obligated to him in practice.”

National Council of Resistance of Iran - Foreign Affairs Committee Tuesday, 12 May 2009