ID :
186735
Mon, 06/06/2011 - 15:23
Auther :
Shortlink :
https://oananews.org//node/186735
The shortlink copeid
Interior Minister: Enemies Seeking to Trouble Iran's Elections
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran's Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar cautioned that enemies of the country are seeking hard to trouble the smooth and transparent trend of elections in Iran in a bid to strike a blow at the Islamic Republic.
"Disrupting and troubling elections is what is wanted by the enemies," the minister told FNA on Monday and warned that the government would confront those who might want to help enemies achieve this goal "knowingly or unknowingly".
"Our dear people should rest assured that the serving government would never allow anyone to trouble the elections," the minister reiterated.
"Rule of the law, (making sure of the) maximum public turnout, safeguarding people's votes and protecting national unity and solidarity and holding magnificent elections are the main strategies pursued by the government," he explained.
Najjar's remarks came after the Iranian Supreme leader underlined the importance of the upcoming elections in his meeting with the country's parliamentarians last week.
Last Sunday, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei underlined that the experience of elections in Iran in the last 33 years, which have all been held with ultimate transparency, displays that the Islamic Republic attaches much importance and value to public will and free and democratic elections.
"Despite all (negative) attempts and propaganda ploys, all elections in the Islamic Republic have been held with no delay and this reality shows the importance of elections to the Islamic establishment," Ayatollah Khamenei said, addressing Iranian lawmakers.
He described the 30 elections held in Iran after the victory of the 1979 Islamic Revolution as a source of honor for the Islamic Republic and a sign of populism and rule of the public will in the country.
The Leader stressed that despite all the bad tempers and claims, elections in Iran in the last 3 decades have all been clear and transparent and no one has been able to prove the opposite.
Ayatollah Khamenei advised the heads of the three main branches of power (the parliament, the government and the judiciary) to take good care to continue holding elections in the country with the same level of transparency, and said, "No one in any way should interfere with elections so that elections are held on the basis of the legal procedures and the lawmakers are elected through public recognition and public choice."
"Disrupting and troubling elections is what is wanted by the enemies," the minister told FNA on Monday and warned that the government would confront those who might want to help enemies achieve this goal "knowingly or unknowingly".
"Our dear people should rest assured that the serving government would never allow anyone to trouble the elections," the minister reiterated.
"Rule of the law, (making sure of the) maximum public turnout, safeguarding people's votes and protecting national unity and solidarity and holding magnificent elections are the main strategies pursued by the government," he explained.
Najjar's remarks came after the Iranian Supreme leader underlined the importance of the upcoming elections in his meeting with the country's parliamentarians last week.
Last Sunday, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei underlined that the experience of elections in Iran in the last 33 years, which have all been held with ultimate transparency, displays that the Islamic Republic attaches much importance and value to public will and free and democratic elections.
"Despite all (negative) attempts and propaganda ploys, all elections in the Islamic Republic have been held with no delay and this reality shows the importance of elections to the Islamic establishment," Ayatollah Khamenei said, addressing Iranian lawmakers.
He described the 30 elections held in Iran after the victory of the 1979 Islamic Revolution as a source of honor for the Islamic Republic and a sign of populism and rule of the public will in the country.
The Leader stressed that despite all the bad tempers and claims, elections in Iran in the last 3 decades have all been clear and transparent and no one has been able to prove the opposite.
Ayatollah Khamenei advised the heads of the three main branches of power (the parliament, the government and the judiciary) to take good care to continue holding elections in the country with the same level of transparency, and said, "No one in any way should interfere with elections so that elections are held on the basis of the legal procedures and the lawmakers are elected through public recognition and public choice."
