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IRAN ELECTION: YOUNG VOTERS’ DIVIDE OVER 2022 PROTESTS SHAPES PRESIDENTIAL RACE

By Parisa Hafezi
June 24, 202411:12 AM GMT+2Updated 20 days ago
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Item 1 of 7 People light a fire during a protest over the death of Mahsa Amini,
a woman who died after being arrested by the Islamic republic's "morality
police", in Tehran, Iran September 21, 2022. WANA (West Asia News Agency) via
REUTERS /File Photo
[1/7]People light a fire during a protest over the death of Mahsa Amini, a woman
who died after being arrested by the Islamic republic's "morality police", in
Tehran, Iran September 21, 2022. WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS /File
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 * Iran holds presidential elections on June 28
 * Militia member Reza, 26, sees voting as religious duty
 * Former student Atousa, 22, says election is a 'circus'
 * Opposing views of Iran's 2022 protests will shape outcome
 * Atousa joined the protests, Reza helped quash them

DUBAI, June 24 (Reuters) - Atousa joined angry protests against Iran's rulers in
2022 that loyalists like Reza helped crush. Two years on, the two young
Iranians' political views remain at odds, reflecting a rift that will shape the
outcome of presidential elections this week.
Now 22, Atousa says she will abstain from voting in Friday's ballot to choose a
successor to Ebrahim Raisi after his death in a helicopter crash, regarding the
exercise with derision.
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But Reza, 26, a religiously devout member of the hardline Basij militia, intends
to vote, a contrasting view of the worth of the election that underscores the
division in Iran between supporters and opponents of the 45-year-old Islamic
Republic.
All six candidates - five hardliners and a low-key moderate approved by a
hardline watchdog body - have been wooing youthful voters in speeches and
campaign messages, using social media to reach the 60% of the 85 million
population aged under 30.
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"This election, like all elections in Iran, is a circus. Why should I vote when
I want the regime to be toppled?," Atousa told Reuters. She declined to be
identified by her full name for security reasons.
"Even if it was a free and fair election and if all candidates could enter the
race, the president in Iran has no power," she said.
The hashtag #ElectionCircus has been widely posted on social media platform X by
Iranians in the past few weeks, while some Iranians at home and abroad have
called for an election boycott.

Under Iran's clerical system, the elected president runs the government
day-to-day but his powers are circumscribed by those of the hardline supreme
leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has the last word on top issues such as
nuclear and foreign policy.


'RELIGIOUS DUTY TO VOTE'

Like many women and young Iranians, Atousa joined protests in 2022 sparked by
the death of a young Kurdish woman, Mahsa Amini, in police custody, following
her arrest for allegedly violating Iran's mandatory Islamic dress code.

The unrest spiralled into the biggest show of opposition to Iran's clerical
rulers in years.
Atousa, then a student, was arrested during the protests and her dream of
becoming an architect was shattered when she was expelled from university as a
punishment for participating in the demonstrations.
The Basij, a plain-clothes arm of the elite Revolutionary Guards, deployed
alongside uniformed security during the 2022 unrest and helped suppress
demonstrations with deadly force.

Over 500 people including 71 minors were killed in the protests, hundreds
injured and thousands arrested in unrest that was eventually crushed by security
forces, rights groups said.
Iran carried out seven executions linked to the unrest. Authorities have not
given any official estimated death toll, but said dozens of security forces were
killed in "riots".
"I will sacrifice my life for the leader and the Islamic Republic. It is my
religious duty to vote. My participation will strengthen the Nezam (system),"
said Reza, from the low-income Nazi Abad district in south Tehran.
Reza said he will support a hardline candidate who champions Khamenei's
"resistance economy", a phrase meaning economic self-sufficiency, strengthening
trade ties with regional neighbours and improving economic interaction with
China and Russia.
The economy is beset by mismanagement, state corruption and sanctions reimposed
since 2018 after the U.S. ditched Tehran's 2015 nuclear pact with six world
powers.
Reza and Atousa, both born after the 1979 Islamic Revolution, have regrets about
the 2022 demonstrations, albeit for different reasons.
Reza blames the protests for bringing mounting pressure on Iran from Western
countries, which imposed sanctions on Iranian security forces and officials for
alleged human rights abuses. Iran accused Western powers of fomenting the
unrest.
"I wish the protests had not taken place ... our enemies used it as a pretext to
mount pressure on our country," he said.
Atousa looks back on that period with sadness.
"I was hopeful," she said. "I thought finally the change will come and I will be
able to live a life with no suppression in a free country ... I paid a heavy
price, but the regime is still here."

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