Lebanon’s June 7 election was fundamentally peaceful and well administered and should provide the basis for confidence in the electoral process, according to a statement issued by an NDI election observer mission. The delegation was composed of short- and long-term observers from 22 countries who were deployed throughout the country to offer an impartial assessment of the polls.

Excerpt from the preliminary statement offered by the delegation:

The Iran Election Bulletin is a biweekly publication covering domestic political and election issues in Iran in the lead-up to the June 12 presidential election.

The Iran Election Bulletin is a biweekly publication covering domestic political and election issues in Iran in the lead-up to the June 12 presidential election.

By Ali Afshari
Former Member of the Central Council of the Office for Consolidation of Unity; Iranian Affairs Expert

• “Do not vote for candidates who appeal to flattering the Western countries rather than focusing on the targets and aims of the founder of the Islamic Republic (Ayatollah Khomeini).”
  – Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a speech during a visit to Kurdistan in western Iran, May 18

By Kaveh-Cyrus Sanandaji
Middle East Center, St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford