US has no expectation of free and fair vote in Iran, State Dept says

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Iranian women wave their country’s flags as they hold posters of the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini during an election campaign rally ahead of Mar. 1, parliamentary and Assembly of Experts elections, in Tehran, on Feb. 27, 2024. (AP)
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  • “I suspect that a great number of Iranians have no expectation that those elections will be free and fair,” Miller said

WASHINGTON: Washington has “no expectation” that a parliamentary election in Iran on Friday will be free and fair, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller told reporters on Thursday.
“I suspect that a great number of Iranians have no expectation that those elections will be free and fair,” Miller said.

“As you probably already know, thousands of candidates were already disqualified in an opaque process and the world has long known that Iran’s political system features undemocratic and non-transparent administrative, judicial and electoral systems.”

Topics: US Iran elections