Table of Contents
Introduction
Summary
Elections under the Velayat-e Faqih Theocracy
Why the Velayat-e Faqih Needs a President
Only Candidates Loyal to the Supreme Leader Can Run
President's Powers Are Limited
Why the 2021 Election Is Different
Unprecedented Purge
Game-Changing Uprisings Since 2017 Election
Corruption and Unjust Distribution of Wealth
All-out Boycott Feared for Months
Criminally Incompetent Handling of COVID-19 Pandemic
Furious Factional Infighting
Rivals Vie for Power
Election Process Excludes Any Qualified Contender
A Weak, Vulnerable Regime
Successive Uprisings Since 2017, the Game Changer
The Economy & Corruption Weigh Heavily on Iran's Elections
How Did the Economy Reach This Point?
"Misery Index" Soaring
60 Million Living Below the Poverty Line
Will a Return to the JCPOA Cure the Economy?
Systemic Corruption
Economic Issues, Corruption Sparked Recent Uprisings
Empty Tables, Public Outrage, An Electoral Boycott
Historic Boycott Expected
Widespread Electoral Apathy
Call for a Boycott by Maryam Rajavi
The Regime's Worst Nightmare
The Candidates
Ebrahim Raisi
Saeed Jalili
Mohsen Rezaee
Mohsen Mehralizadeh
Alireza Zakani
Abdolnaser Hemmati
Amir-Hossein Ghazizadeh Hashemi
The Selection Process
The Five Qualifications
Added Criteria to Restrict Registration
Proportion of rejected candidates in 13 presidential elections
Supreme Leader's 4 Filters for a President
What's Ahead?
List of publications
About NCRI-US