Jerusalem – The Biden administration recently allowed Iranian citizens to vote in their totalitarian regime’s sham presidential election at makeshift polling stations set up in several U.S. hotels, angering state sponsors of terror.
Biden has endorsed Iranian regime polling stations across the United States for the Islamic Republic of Iran’s presidential election. Friday’s election saw heart surgeon Massoud Pezeshkian defeat former nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili. Pezeshkian won 53.3% of the vote, while Jalili received 44.3%.
A voting booth at a Seattle hotel allowed Iranians to cast their ballots in the Islamic Republic’s elections. Photo courtesy of Mira Nasiri.
Many Iranian observers complained bitterly at X that the mainstream media had falsely reported the election as a vote between “reformist” Pezeshkian and “hardliner” Jalili.
Kaveh Shahruz, an Iranian-Canadian expert on the Iranian regime, dispels the myth that Pezeshkian is a reformer and calls for a “two-front war” to unite Iran’s opposition against the Tehran regime.
“But now, with the election of a ‘reformist’ president, they will once again spread lies about the Iranian regime’s ability to change,” Shahrouz wrote.
The symbolic position of president is held by the unelected Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic, Ali Khamenei, who has the final say on domestic and foreign policy. Khamenei chooses who can run for president, which is why Iranians call it a “selection” and not a real election.
The first round of voting, held last Friday, saw the lowest voter turnout since the theocratic state was established following the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The Iranian regime’s Interior Ministry announced that more than 30 million votes were cast in yesterday’s election. Turnout for the runoff election was estimated at 50%, higher than the first round on June 2 (40%) but still historically low. Eyewitness reports and video showed polling stations across Iran empty.
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Risa Daftari, a prominent Iranian-American expert on the Islamic Republic of Iran and editor-in-chief of the Foreign Desk, told Fox News Digital that the U.S. should not have promoted the vote.
“The Biden administration’s decision to allow this regime’s influence onto U.S. territory is deeply disturbing,” Daftari said. “The Islamic Republic has a history of violence against American citizens and continues to hold American citizens hostage. It is baffling why any administration would grant access to such a lawless and brutal regime.”
Despite Iran being designated a terrorist state, the Biden administration has allowed Iranian citizens to vote in Iranian elections from inside the US. Courtesy of Mira Nasiri.
Daftari said it was “ironic” that Iran appears to be targeting American voters because of low voter turnout at home.
“Although many Iranians have refused to recognize the regime’s legitimacy through their votes, Washington has allowed the regime to set up polling stations on U.S. territory,” she said. “This decision raises serious questions about the administration’s past and current foreign policy strategies, particularly those aimed at emboldening the Iranian regime.”
Asked about criticism of holding elections for the clerical regime on American soil, a State Department spokesman told Fox News Digital the deputy chief of staff: Vedant Patel’s statement.
“In this context, foreign governments that conduct election-related activities in the United States must do so in a manner consistent with U.S. laws and regulations,” Patel said. “We respect the right of Iranian citizens and those living abroad who choose to protest or participate in Iran’s elections. I would also like to add that Iranians have conducted this type of activity in the United States before, so this is not new. Many other governments have done the same, especially during my time working in the United States.”
Patel said the United States does not believe Iran’s elections were free and fair and does not expect them to “fundamentally change Iran’s direction or lead the Iranian regime to better respect the human rights and dignity of its people.”
Fox News Digital has learned that an Iranian-American man who protested the election was allegedly assaulted by a security guard at a polling station at a hotel in Lynnwood, Washington on June 28.
A hotel security guard “grabbed her arm and attempted to take her phone,” according to a police report obtained by Fox News Digital. Police reviewed video of the encounter and said they “did not observe” the guard warn the Iranian-American woman that her phone would be confiscated before attempting to take it.
Lynnwood police officials said the criminal complaint has been sent to the prosecutor’s office for review.
The Iranian-American woman, who asked to remain anonymous, told Fox News Digital she was surprised to learn the administration was counting votes just a few miles from her home.
“I left Iran almost 20 years ago, leaving behind my family, friends, my hometown and the community I grew up in, because I could not live under a regime that told me what to wear, what to say, what to do, what to see and what not to see. I could not live under a regime that killed and tortured its own people to suppress dissent,” she said. “So when I found out that a polling station would be set up in my hometown for a regime that killed, raped and tortured my brothers and sisters.”
Fox News Digital left multiple messages with the hotel manager and security but did not receive a response.
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Fox News Digital confirmed Friday that the runoff election took place at a different hotel in the Seattle area, not the Lynnwood hotel.
On Friday, Iranian-Americans and Iranian-Canadians showed up to protest at a second hotel, causing the manager to cancel the vote.
The Iranian regime announced the polling stations through its mission in the US and the Pakistani embassy in Washington DC. Link published It listed polling locations in over 30 cities in the U.S. Voting information was released every Friday, ostensibly to prevent organized demonstrations against the Iranian regime’s elections.
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Video footage and photos showed protests at polling places in Massachusetts, Arizona, California and Washington state.
be Voice of America reportThe first round of voting took place in hotels and other venues in Nebraska, New York, California, Texas, New Jersey, Ohio, Arizona, Chicago, Illinois and Kansas.
