hashem
8th June 2013, 12:34
This Friday (2013/06/14) an election will take place in Iran. 8 years of Ahmadinejads presidency ends and a new president which is undoubtedly a conservative and a puppet in supreme leaders hands will replace him. Ahmadinejad was completely obedient at first but his policies slowly contradicted with Khameneis line. The climax of this contradiction was during a debate about interpellation of one of his ministers. There he showed a clip which was exposing the brother of Larijani (the head of Irans parliament, one of the most powerful families in Iran and close to supreme leader) during a negotiation for a bribe. Since then (and even before that) it has become clear that Ahmadinejads band wont be tolerated any further than this election. The guardian council which its members are appointed by supreme leader, denied the competence of anyone close to Ahmadinejad and didnt allowed them to have a candidate. The competence of Hashemi Rafsanjani, who has been one of the most important players of the Islamic republic regime since the day which it was created, and was head of parliament and president during the 1980s and 1990s, was also denied, in other words: The guardian council admitted that a former president is incompetent!
No matter who participates, this election as well as the totality of the islamist state in Iran is undemocratic and reactionary. All of communist and progressive activists of Iran have boycotted this election and are certain that until the islamist regime exists, there can be no real election. I believe that even the Islamic Reformist trend which has participated in current election despite the huge fraud in pervious election, knows that any reforms as well as its success in the elections are impossible, but prefers to tolerate the current system. it knows that democracy can only be established by a revolution which overthrows that present regime and like all of reformists it prefers reaction to revolution. Also, despite the reformist and non violent mask which it wears, it has a reactionary and criminal history. Many of present day reformists were executioners in 1980s, thus freedom for Iran means freedom for pursuing them for their crimes.
One thing is certain: this election will be boycotted by a large majority of population. They have seen enough reformist and conservative presidents and parliaments but their situation has worsened under both types. Both of these factions have suppressed people politically and economically. Only a worker revolution can heal the country. Material conditions (poverty and class differences) already exist for this revolution but workers and toilers are unorganized and unconscious as a class.
Since the present regime has proved to be unable to solve or even slow the growing contradictions (within itself and between itself and the society) there can be only two alternatives. Either there will be a worker revolution or bourgeoisie factions and foreign imperialists will ruin the country.
No matter who participates, this election as well as the totality of the islamist state in Iran is undemocratic and reactionary. All of communist and progressive activists of Iran have boycotted this election and are certain that until the islamist regime exists, there can be no real election. I believe that even the Islamic Reformist trend which has participated in current election despite the huge fraud in pervious election, knows that any reforms as well as its success in the elections are impossible, but prefers to tolerate the current system. it knows that democracy can only be established by a revolution which overthrows that present regime and like all of reformists it prefers reaction to revolution. Also, despite the reformist and non violent mask which it wears, it has a reactionary and criminal history. Many of present day reformists were executioners in 1980s, thus freedom for Iran means freedom for pursuing them for their crimes.
One thing is certain: this election will be boycotted by a large majority of population. They have seen enough reformist and conservative presidents and parliaments but their situation has worsened under both types. Both of these factions have suppressed people politically and economically. Only a worker revolution can heal the country. Material conditions (poverty and class differences) already exist for this revolution but workers and toilers are unorganized and unconscious as a class.
Since the present regime has proved to be unable to solve or even slow the growing contradictions (within itself and between itself and the society) there can be only two alternatives. Either there will be a worker revolution or bourgeoisie factions and foreign imperialists will ruin the country.