U.S. casts doubt on credibility of Iranian regime’s upcoming election

NCRI – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday (May 24) that this week’s disqualifications of would-be candidates for the elections in Iran were “based solely on who represents the regime’s interests.”

Kerry criticized the “lack of transparency” of the election process and said the handpicked candidates are “highly unlikely” to represent the interests of the Iranian people.

“That is hardly an election by which most people in most countries judge free, fair and accessible, accountable elections,” Kerry told reporters in Tel Aviv.

“The lack of transparency makes it highly unlikely that that slate of candidates is either going to represent the broad will of the Iranian people, or represent a change,” he said.