The individuals had been nominated despite the elections' boycott even by many government factions and clerics. The Freedom Movement had always emphasized its loyalty to the "Islamic Republic" and the "Guardianship" of the mullahs. The Khomeini regime used the Freedom Movement over the past years for its foreign propaganda and to put up a show of democracy and toleration of "domestic opposition."
The rejection of the Freedom Movement nominees, despite their continuous advocacy of the mullahs' rule, is a good indication of the regime's instability and incapability of moderation. The Iranian Resistance has emphasized this time and again in the past 15 years and is convinced that all domestic and international calculations and investment in this regime. to establish dialogue or to reach mutual understanding, are absolutely futile and will only cause harm and disgrace.
Imposing unprecedented restrictions on the electoral nominees from various factions is a very vivid demonstration of the trend of exclusions within the regime. It shows that the mullahs' illegitimate regime does not enjoy the minimum stability for staging even a show of elections.
As Mr. Massoud Rajavi, the NCR President, announced earlier, this year too, the Iranian people will fully boycott the elections. Mr. Rajavi described all forms of assistance to and candidacy in this theatrics against the best interests of the Iranian people and directly serving to prolong the rule of suppression, torture, and executions.
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran - Paris February 27, 1996
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