Iran Election 2021: Online Campaign Echoes Call for Nationwide Boycott

Iranians abroad and inside Iran held a Tweet-A-Thon on Sunday, 30 May 2021, started at 1730 Central European Summer Time(CEST). Thousands of tweets have been posted, calling for boycotting the Iranian regime’s sham presidential election.

These calls are in line with the growing call by Iranians from all walks of life with the widespread campaign by the Iranian opposition, People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran’s Resistance Units( PMOI/MEK Resistance Units) being in its forefront. Hundreds of video clips of Resistance Units’ activities were posted in this campaign.

The hashtag “Boycott Iran Sham Elections” has been posted thousands of times, spreading across the internet. This campaign reflects the Iranian people’s demand for regime change. It also shows the MEK’s Resistance Units ‘ effectiveness in pushing for a nationwide boycott of the regime’s sham elections.

For the last few months, the MEK ‘s Resistance Units activities across Iran, popularizing the call for boycotting the regime’s sham election in June. Due to the Resistance Units’ major push in the last few months for boycotting the regime’s sham election, more Iranians have been joining this campaign both inside and outside Iran.

Originally published at http://freedomstarblog.wordpress.com on June 2, 2021.