Iran's upcoming election is a mafia-style tussle of Khamenei's minions
Friday marks parliamentary election day in the Islamic Republic of Iran — or so the regime will want the world to believe. Cue the staged queues lining up at the ballot box ready to deliver their rehearsed script on “Islamic democracy” to international journalists, who will in turn flaunt their “rare and exclusive” reports in Iran. And while some mainstream media outlets in the West will no doubt fall into the Ayatollah’s trap, polling day on 1 March is anything but a free and fair vote. Of course, this will (hopefully) come as no surprise to many: there are no democratic elections in Iran. Ra...