ຜູ້ມີສິດປ່ອນບັດໃນອີຣ່ານ ພາກັນໄປລົງຄະແນນສຽງໃນວັນສຸກມື້ນີ້ ເພື່ອເລືອກເອົາປະທານາທິ ບໍດີຄົນໃໝ່ ແຕ່ການຂາດຄວາມສົນໃຈຂອງບັນດາຜູ້ມີສິດປ່ອນບັດແມ່ນມີສູງໃນປະເທດທີ່ຕັ້ງຢູ່ໃນພາກຕາເວັນອອກກາງດັ່ງກ່າວພວມປະເຊີນໜ້າກັບການລະບາດຂອງໄວຣັສໂຄໂຣນາທີ່ເພີ້ມທະວີຂຶ້ນແລະເສດຖະກິດທີ່ໄດ້ຮັບຄວາມເສຍຫາຍຢ່າງຮ້າຍແຮງຈາກການລົງໂທດຂອງສະຫະລັດ.
ປະທານາທິບໍດີຮາສຊານ ຣູຮານີ ໄດ້ຮັບຕໍາແໜ່ງສູງສຸດສອງສະໄໝແລ້ວຈຶ່ງບໍ່ໄດ້ລົງສະໝັກແຂ່ງຂັນ. ມີຜູ້ສະໝັກຫຼາຍຄົນໄດ້ຖອນໂຕອອກຈາກການແຂ່ງຂັນຫຼືບໍ່ກໍຖືກປະກາດວ່າບໍ່ມີຄຸນສົມບັດພຽງພໍ ກ່ອນໜ້າການປ່ອນບັດໃນວັນສຸກມື້ນີ້.
ໃນມື້ວັນພຸດຜ່ານມານີ້ ຜູ້ສະໝັກຫົວແຂງກະດ້າງ 2 ຄົນ ໄດ້ຖອນໂຕອອກຈາກການແຂ່ງຂັນໂດຍປະກາດໃຫ້ການສະໜັບສະໜຸນແກ່ຜູ້ສະໝັກຫົວແຂງກະດ້າງອີກຄົນນຶ່ງ ທ່ານອີບຣາຮິມ ຣາຍຊີ ຫົວໜ້າລະບົບຕຸລາການ ຂອງອີຣ່ານ. ອະດີດຫົວໜ້າທະນາຄານກາງທ່ານອັບໂດລນາສເຊີ ແຮມມາດີ ນັກການເມືອງອີກຄົນນຶ່ງ ທີ່ຍັງເຫຼືອຢູ່ໃນການແຂ່ງຂັນນັ້ນ ແມ່ນຜູ້ສະໝັກທີ່ນິຍົມປະຕິຮູບ.
ນັກວິເຄາະທາງດ້ານການເມືອງກ່າວວ່າ ຜູ້ທີ່ມີທ່າທາງວ່າຈະໄດ້ຮັບໄຊຊະນະກໍຄືທ່ານຣາຍຊີ ອາຍຸ 60 ປີ ທີ່ໄດ້ຮັບການສະໜັບສະໜຸນຈາກຜູ້ນຳສູງສຸດຂອງອີຣ່ານ ອາຢາໂທລາອາລີ ຄາເມນີ. ການພົວພັນກ່ຽວກັບການລະເມີດສິດທິມະນຸດໃນໄລຍະຜ່ານມາຂອງທ່ານຣາຍຊີ ຈະເຮັດໃຫ້ທ່ານເປັນປະທານາທິບໍດີທີ່ມີບັນຫາກັບປະເທດຕາເວັນຕົກ ອີງຕາມນັກວິເຄາະກ່ຽວກັບປະເທດອີຮ່ານ ທ່ານເບນາມ ເບັນ ຕາເລບລູ ຈາກມູນນິທິປ້ອງກັນປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ທີ່ມີສູນກາງຕັ້ງຢູ່ນະຄອນຫຼວງວໍຊິງຕັນ.
ທ່ານຕາເລບລູກ່າວວ່າ “ບໍ່ເປັນຈັ່ງໂຊກ ທ່ານເປັນບຸກຄົນທີ່ມີຊື່ສຽງ ທີ່ບໍ່ດີທີ່ສຸດໃນການເປັນຜູ້ກຳກັບນຳອັນທີ່ເອີ້ນວ່າ ກຳມາທິການແຫ່ງຄວາມຕາຍ ໃນທ້າຍຊຸມປີ 1980 ທີ່ໄດ້ທຳການສັງຫານຕາມຄຳສັ່ງຂອງອາຢາໂທລາໂຄເມນີພວກນັກໂທດການເມືອງຫຼາຍກວ່າ 5,000 ຄົນ ຢູ່ນະຄອນເຕຫະຣ່ານ.”
ອາຢາໂທລາຄາເມນີ ໄດ້ຊຸກຍູ້ໃຫ້ຜູ້ມີິສິດປ່ອນບັດຊາວອີຣານ 59 ລ້ານຄົນໄປໃຊ້ສິດໃຊ້ສຽງ ໂດຍໄດ້ເຕືອນຊາວອີຣ່ານ ກ່ຽວກັບການສົມຮູ້ຮ່ວມຄິດຂອງຕ່າງປະເທດເພື່ອບ່ອນທຳລາຍການປ່ອນບັດ. ຜູ້ສະໝັກທັງໝົດແມ່ນໄດ້ຮັບການອະນຸມັດຈາກສະພາປົກຄອງຂອງອີຣ່ານ.
ອີຣ່ານແມ່ນໄດ້ຮັບຜົນກະທົບຈາກຫຼາຍເຫດການທີ່ໄດ້ຫຼໍ່ຫຼອມຮູບຮ່າງຂອງການເລືອກຕັ້ງ. ການແນເປົ້າໝາຍສັງຫານນາຍພົນກາສເຊັມ ໂຊເລມານີ ຂອງສະຫະລັດ ໂດຍການໂຈມຕີຂອງເຮືອບິນບໍ່ມີຄົນຂັບ ໃນເດືອນມັງກອນ ປີ 2020 ໄດ້ສ້າງຄວາມໂກດແຄ້ນຢ່າງກວ້າງຂວາງ ໃຫ້ແກ່ປະຊາຊົນ. ບໍ່ເທົ່າໃດມື້ຕໍ່ມາກຳລັງຂອງອີຣ່ານກໍໄດ້ບັງເອີນຍິງເຮືອບິນອາຍພົ່ນໂດຍສານຂອງຢູເຄຣນທີ່ເຮັດໃຫ້ພວກທີ່ຢູ່ໃນເຮືອບິນທັງໝົດ 176 ຄົນເສຍຊີວິດ. ອຸບັດຕິເຫດດັ່ງກ່າວນີ້ໄດ້ພາໃຫ້ມີການປະທ້ວງຢູ່ໃນຫຼາຍໆຫົວເມືອງທົ່ວປະເທດອີິຣ່ານ.
Voters in Iran are going to the polls Friday to elect a new president. But voter apathy is running high as the Middle Eastern country experiences a coronavirus surge and an economy devastated by U.S. sanctions.
Incumbent President Hassan Rouhani has served the maximum two terms in office.
Multiple candidates have withdrawn from the race or been disqualified in the lead-up to the Friday poll.
Wednesday, two hardline candidates withdrew from the race, giving their support to another hardliner - Ebrahim Raisi, the head of Iran’s judiciary. Former Central Bank chief Abdolnasser Hemmati, the other remaining politician in the race, is a reformist candidate.
Political analysts say the likely winner will be the 60-year-old Raisi who has the support of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Rasi’s past involvement in human rights abuses would make him a problematic president for the West, according to Iran analyst Behnam Ben Taleblu of the Washington-based Foundation for the Defense of Democracies.
“He's unfortunately most famous for his despicable oversight of what is called a so-called death commission in the late 1980s that carried out the murder edict from Ayatollah Khomeini, that killed upwards of 5,000 political prisoners in Tehran,” Taleblu said.
Khamenei has encouraged the country’s 59 million eligible voters to go to the polls, warning Iranians of a foreign conspiracy to undermine the vote. All candidates were approved and vetted by the Iranian regime’s Guardian Council.
Iran has been rocked by a series of events that have shaped the electoral landscape. The targeted killing of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in January 2020 by a U.S. drone strike prompted widespread public fury. Days later, Iranian forces accidentally shot down a Ukrainian passenger jet, resulting in the deaths of all 176 onboard. The incident prompted anti-government protests in several cities.
“So, there have been a cycle of interconnected events that have dampened popular sentiment, and in November 2019, protests over rising oil prices were also brutally repressed. So, ordinary Iranians are not particularly inclined to vote,” Sanam Vakil, deputy head of the Middle East and North Africa program at London-based Chatham House, said in an interview with VOA.
Iran has significantly ramped up its nuclear enrichment since the United States left the 2015 accord, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA. Iran is believed to be just months away from creating enough fissile material for a nuclear weapon. The U.S. is considering rejoining the 2015 nuclear deal, but only if Iran halts enrichment. Iran says the U.S. must first suspend sanctions. Talks in Vienna are ongoing.
“The lifting of sanctions would be a huge boon that could have a trickle-down effect, that would be hugely meaningful for ordinary people. That said, I think Iranians today are less invested in the Iran nuclear agreement and less trustful of the United States or European countries,” Vakil said.
All of Iran’s presidential candidates support negotiations to revive the nuclear deal.