Author: Mojtaba Mousavi

Author: Mojtaba Mousavi

Iran’s Elections: Vote Yes or No, Just Be Sure To Vote

Iran’s Elections: Vote Yes or No, Just Be Sure To Vote

The Iranian leadership has a talent of mobilizing people when it is needed. From the 8-year Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988) when many Iranians under 16 (the legal age of military recruiting), falsified their birth certificates to volunteer in the “Holy Defense”, to the mass support of Iran’s nuclear program and high turnouts in lots of elections, the people’s presence has always emboldened the leadership’s authority in the international arena and increased its bargaining power.