NCRI - Reports by the civil correspondent network of the People’s Mojahedin Organization (PMOI/MEK) of Iran from twenty five thousand polling stations in the country until 5PM today, indicate an unprecedented sluggish turnout at the polls and that the charade has come under a vast public boycott.  According to these reports, in some districts, the voter turnout is many times lower than past similar elections.  At most polling stations, the number of security forces and regime agents are much more than the participating voters and the voters are comprised of mostly members of the security forces and their families.

At the polling stations, security forces outnumber voters by many times

NCRI - Reports from Tehran and other cities indicate a sluggish voter turnout at regime’s election charade today. 

Number of security forces and observers are over 4 times the participating voters in Tehran at various polling stations such as Poonak Square, Shemiranat, Sadeque area, Mohseni Square, Seid Khandan, Narmak, Vali-Asr, and Saiee Park.

NCRI - The inhuman mullahs' regime has jailed and tortured dozens of student activists for participating in protests.

Messrs Payman Piran, Saied Feizollah-Zadeh, Abulfazl Jahandar, Saied Derakhshandi, and Misaq Yazdan-Nejad are among the detainees.

NCRI - In an unprecedented move, the mullahs' inhuman regime has barred the student activists from enrolment, an accumulated 17 semesters.  They had participated in the recent Shiraz University protests in southern Iran.

The timing for the decision has been selected by the school in a way not to leave the subjected students any room for protest to the ruling since the New Year holidays will resume on March 21. Most of the censured students are from out of town and had left the school already for holidays.

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NCRI - The mullahs' Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei admitted on Wednesday to the rigging in the upcoming elections and said, "Voters should elect candidates to the Majlis (parliament) who would pave the way for the loyal and energetic government to charge ahead."

NCRI - The State Security Forces (SSF) attacked a gathering of medical college students at Shiraz University in southern Iran on Sunday. The event marked the anniversary of nationalizing Iran's oil industries nearly 60 years ago. SSF Special Units attacked the meeting beating up some of the participants and arresting some others. The detained students were transferred to an unknown location by the SSF.