A lie-full election

Finally it came and gone away. The election day. Seventh parliamentary election in Iran. I didn't participate, nor my family, nor my friends, nor most of the Iranians who care for a free, free Iran.

A few days ago I received an SMS on my mobile phone from a friend that read (in meaning), "participating in this election is just like freedom funeral. We don't participate. (send it for 5 more people). I sent it for 5 other friends and this short but meaningful SMS travelled around the country on waves. That was the will of majority of Iranians, that this is not a free election and we are not going to support this government by participating in this ridiculous show.

The fucking conservatives (excuse me for using the word, but they only deserve these kind of words) just one day before election banned the only two reformist, semi-independent newspapers of Iran, Shargh and Yas-e-no, for so-called publishing the letter of PMs to Khamenei, criticizing him in harsh words for supporting hard-liners. I really shocked when I got informed of this, cause I write occasional articles for Shargh, and I really love it, and cause this action was extremely ridiculous just one day before the Big Show. But you see, they are more fuck-headed than anyone can imagine.

Today there was again a big, manipulated show in Iranian Television (Seda-Sima). Since the early morning all the handfull TV networks covered the elections in special programs, mostly consisting of one or two showman in studio and some reporters in the city in voting places. They used more close-ups than long-shots to lie that people participations has been great, and they used (for the first time in 25 years of revolution and several elections) TV actors and athletes to encourage people. And it was among the just few times in Islamic TV that they were not strict in not showing weomen that part of their hair is out of thei scarf. But after all, in the TV show it was clear that most participants were old men and weomen or very young girls and boys who casted vote for the first time. No one similar to university students were among them, and generally yong people (18-35) were very very few in TV shows. But in numerous news sections they say about great participation, even say 'unprecedented', but we know it's just a big big lie. Most of us no longer want this government, specially its silly Rahbar (Supreme Leader), Khamenei.

And a recent news, all the schools and even kidergartens in Tehran and some nearby regions are closed tomorrow (Saturday). They have said it is because of schools were voting places and counting the votes may take long, but it hase been the case in all previous elections and it is just the first time that they declare schools are closed. I'm really frightened.

It is getting more and more hard to breathe in this nice country. They close newspapers that people love (Shargh was the best-selling goverment-independent newspaper), and performs elections with pre-determined outcomes. Khamenei lies of having freedom of speech in Iran (that even you can criticize him) in his last week Friday prayers speech, and just 6 days later two newspapers get banned for publishing a letter criticizing him. They all tell lies. It is 25 years that they tell lies and assume people as sheep. A few days ago I was reading Animal Farm by George Orwell. The case in Iran in these 25 years has been just as Orwell had described by animal symbols in his celebrated book. "All the animals are equal but some are more equal than others." This was the only remaining command in the animal farm.