Regarding recent elections in Iran, The Guardian, wrote : the elections have been ruthlessly stage-managed, Turnout appeared particularly low in Tehran, where queues at polling stations were a rare sight….

An Iranian citizen told Guardian, “The people you see voting here are people employed by the government, and who depend on the government. Ordinary people do not have a good life and they don’t vote,” said Ali Mohamed Shah. “Of my family and friends, not 1% are going to vote. All the people on the list are the same. It’s all the same regime.”