A Sneer From The Den……..
In a country that used to boast of a 70% turnout for elections, the election in Iran being held on the 20th will likely set a new record for non-participation, despite the order ‘from on high’ of the Grand Wizard Supreme Leader, himself, that the citizens must vote.
More worrying for the conservative jurists who stand to benefit from the reformists’ fall from grace, the public appears to be rejecting a direct order from the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, to vote. “I do not respect the Supreme Leader, so why should I follow his orders?” asked Nahid, whose traditional clothing defines her as a member of the social group conservatives would like to claim as their own.
The too-tightly-twisted-turban-crowd™ will undoubtly tighten its grip on the reins of government this time around and most likely will tighten the chains of bondage on the populace to extinguish all hopes of any progress forward; only a march steadily backward to the 14th century seems most apt to take place.
