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ah ah ah hi offer me okay, today on the string, we take a look at the presidential campaign in oregon. how are the kinds of suing behind me you can see seen from the most recent presidential debate, debate number 2, what are the big issues the candidates are trying to tackle ahead of the june the 18th election? that is, i showed today if you'd like to be part of that show, you can jump into the comment section off, i guess question. hopefully they will be out to be part of today, shed me joining our

conversation. we have mazda. yes. all i. yeah. and i saw a nice to have all 3 of you on board, marcia, please introduce yourself. tell our audience, he well, what you do? hi, thanks for having me. i'm my the one time and i'm here on correspondence for english space and sir, i welcome to the stream, introduce yourself. i'm sorry on lenny and also investigative journalist and analysts. great data, i found welcome to the stream, introduce yourself in class audience. thank you. my name is al rad. i'm a senior research fellow at the national iranian american council just based in washington dc. all right, so let's start marcia with a quick cheat. a quick look at who 7 candidates are who are going to be vying for the title of president here on my laptop, i have all 7 of them, one line for each candidate. let's start here at the top. sure i was samples of the

hard for me as a lawmakers used to be deputy parliament speaker up until a couple of weeks ago. but he's now a member of parliament. every racy is the front runner, and he is the head of the judiciary at the moment and more center as i used to be. the commander in chief of the i, r g, c, d, 's, along revolutionary car corps. and the secretary of the expediency council. and more than the reformist he used to be vice president under president called tammy and governor of 2 provinces. i do not see him. i used to be the governor of the central banker on until a few weeks ago when he was dismissed for running for president iris. and he is also a lawmaker, a conservative hard niner. he is the head of the research center of the parliament said jenny is a former nuclear and negotiator and a senior security official in iraq. i was calling us up to date with who is here.

so when you look at that line up, what does that tell you about iran today? i think it doesn't say much about iran today. i think that says quite a lot about the guardian counsel today. the lack of representative politics. the guardian council has taken particularly since parliamentary election last she is qualifying so many reformist and well known candidate. not just a moment thing, for example, adding more to have a pragmatic politician. but also both. busy in the presidential election as well, and then carried over that legacy. and that point of view, i guess toward excluding a lot of avenues, our conversation and opinions from elected bodies in the country. i thought i want you to listen to some people on the street interviews,

talking about the candidate selection of men. come off the back of that thoughts with your thoughts about the candidates ever listen. no competition shouldn't be more open and that should have been a broader selection of candidates. the names that we see approved now are the same people we have seen repeatedly over the last few years and they have come and gone up. the majority of people had already made their mind before this, but this decision to disqualify candidate more than anything, turn the election into an appointment. it used to be disguised, but it's not even discouraged in i think that speaks directly to what you're hearing across the board in iran, precisely the fact that even before the disqualification there was not a lot of energy behind this particular election and in iran since the revolution, there's been historically good turn out like very high turn out. 70 percent of voters will turn out for elections and when there is low turn out,

you tend to get more conservative candidates that are winning. and when there's hydrogen, you tend to get the reform as well. so in this particular case, you know what other, who is the disqualified? well known reformist, said actually in, in a certain way. it's like they're undermining the guardian council is undermined the entire idea of the republic behind the vomit republic. i'm just looking at one of my views headlines. iran's guardian council disqualifies most presidential hopefuls . when you said most, stay in your headline, marcia, how many people were disqualified? it's a huge number, right? it is 585 people if i'm not wrong, were disqualified, and only 7 were allowed to run. so this was the, i'm going to say this is probably the 1st controversy of this presidential election campaign. how's it was though itself, people just her. it happens it's

difficult. on one hand, even some conservatives and hard and who have criticize this decision by the card guardian council, the vetting body to disqualify a lot of people. even some top people like lottery, johnny, who is an advisor to the supreme me there and a former 3 time parliament speaker and a group of other reformists and modred to the point that right now it's 5 conservative and hardliners begins to moderate or slash performance. they're really not and there's no prominent reformist left in this race. so people are not happy. people are disappointed. there's a general air of apathy toward this election, but it is on, i guess i'm just going to attack a go ahead. you go fast. i was just going to add some others because you, you mentioned, and this is true that even rice he himself, i mean rice,

you've seen as the front runner now, right. when they say it's an appointment, they mean that it seems like rice, he's the one who's being appointed even if he is criticize to certain extent, saying, you know, he wanted to be more competitive. he wanted to be more participatory. and while the supreme leader hominy originally was fine with the guardian councils disqualification process, he even walked it back a little bit saying some of the candidates had been wrong. but what's interesting is that ultimately, how many has the power to reverse it if you want? so is it more rhetorical that they're just using this because they're reacting to the backlash, or they genuinely concern for the guardian council did? i would say it's more rhetorical. so i what do you think? i think, i think that's a poison challenge in many ways because as we are saying previously, we candidate mustafah moines back in the the cost me day way, you know, be supremely intervened of attend an election bad when it comes to you know, reform is for example, it ends up being a poison challenge because

a lot of the premise is actually, you know, they shouldn't be interfering from the state. it should be elected bodies representative bodies that are making the decisions, not the center of the power. so when a center our jobs actually intervene, it really does undermine a position and legitimacy. so we have a 3 bytes. we've had the right number one debate number 2 is just happened. they rate number 3 is happening on saturday. i want to go back to the 1st because that's where you began to see what the candidates a standing for that have a listen to the 3 of them. host i'm running because this is what people asked me to do. different classes of people have started shouting about inefficiencies, cruelty poverty, discrimination, and corruption. i thought, tell you on that to june, the whole of the many people think the result of the election is already decided, but we can change the scene and the results. what i want you to do, what you are capable of doing is to vote,

even if you want to complain about the current situation. do it through voting for a manager, bidding, and then show him. how do you want to run the country? mister mighty, your governance was catastrophic. you were sitting here as a representative of mr. ro 100 i saw what issues there you listening out for intently. what you're hearing in the debates is the conservative basically piling on to which is the one like lone not so there's 2, there's a go that who's a reformist and mit who was the governor of the central bank, who is an economist and more moderate. and they're really piling up on how much because he is gaining some traction. you know, one of the things i would keep in mind and talking about the elections in your, on, they're not entirely predictable. yes, racy is certainly a front runner, but we can't predict what will actually happen, especially if some candidates like him. i can gain traction and if the other

conservative candidates don't remove themselves and fall behind dry feet. and you can see some of his boat be split as well. but the idea is that central and all the things that they're saying is the economy is very important. and who is going to be the leader that can take your on out of the situation that it's in right now, which is a devastated economy. we'll talk about the economy. so important, we want to add into this conversation, some perspectives from tehran and how people are doing as far as resources are concerned. shopping, grocery is concerned, have listed when you see the situation, everything has become more compensated for the food. she cannot get more, everything has become more expensive. why haven't your renters have no income? so who should we vote for you? who can we try? thank you so much. jesse david elections of the pinnacle of democracy. and we have

also participated. but what has been the results, especially in the economic fields today, there are 2 or 3 unemployed people in every household, missouri. can you give us a few examples of what it means for the economy to be a major issue in iran, make it personal? i think the main issue is definite, the inflation of you could literally go to the supermarket every week and know there's got the price of something on multiple things. have gone out and you often find yourself thinking i bought this thing for this my 6 months ago. now it's triple that, so it's not necessarily about shortages. there are sporadic sorta just to but it's mostly the price. and obviously incomes are not rising as much and there is higher unemployment. so all of this contributes to this general area of apathy and disappointments. because this can only go on for so long and people will need to

see if i improvement and of course, economically, inflation, it has to be tie to where sanctions are right now in iran. so if we then connect that to the united states and what might happen with the nuclear dale, what is the us doing right now? i fell watching these upcoming presidential elections. what are they do they negotiating right now with around or the us is negotiating with iran right now. but keep in mind that president biden came in to came into a situation where the trump administration's maximum pressure policy was in full effect. and for all intents and purposes, it is still in full effect, not one sanction has been lifted despite the fact that we're in negotiations with iran right now in terms of the nuclear deal that has an impact on the election as well. had the binding administration approached it differently from the very beginning, had they approach it the way that they did things like the parents climate accord

or the muslim them and taken immediate steps into returning to the deal, which i think a lot of support is expected to do then you might find a different situation if sanctions had, if something had been listed in iranian experienced the idea of economic route, then maybe there would be some do the as for voting and it could change the sort of political environment that you, senior on today. but this is the path of the bite admission items administration as they can and something to keep in mind. the iranians are not naive to the fact that yes there's, they're very aware of their domestic mismanagement and corruption that leads to these economic situations. but they're also very aware of the role of ancient and when i speak to family and friends in iran, they say it's like the war, the 1980. i mean that is a very different situation than it was just a few years ago. and so the role of us sanctions can't be can't be denied so. so i'm just really curious about when we started his presidency 4 years ago and how he's ending his presidency 4 years ago. what is you'll take away?

well, is ago, 2038 years ago when he was, when he was elected, he was elected in the wave of optimism and hope. it was the, the administration of moderation. that's what the post said, that's what everybody believed. very difficult. now to describe just how excited people were in 2013, coming after that period of the bush administration as well, part of that in the united states. so it was a very dark period of time. and i can say that what is happening now ideas later. unfortunately, it really back to the future where they've been almost a circle where they've gone through the day. it looked very much like, you know, war was on the horizon. there were under the obama administration sanctions as well . and then of course there was the jag away and once again, that reviewed optimism and hoping, you know, ronnie could change something that he was changing something a signing and then later we're affectively back to the beginning. so, you know,

unfortunately for the people of iran, i think the past, i have really just been a waste time. so i want to put this point to you. this comes from a mean. i mean is a project research at university of to ron. he has a theory about why conservatives are now in favor moderates on not in favor. you don't have to agree with it, but i'm really interested about your take. let's have a festival. i believe the cyber ends up the phone call. it mother is from your own politic would be one of the most important result of the upcoming presidential election neuron decision. i've gotten counsel ensure that this long free public doesn't these before me or mother is for its future and they failed to both of them . but this one will be probably in the nuclear view and currently due to the eagerness of the job ministration to rejoined the j. c. p. a terror on believe the doubts moderates can gain more transitions from the us. basically moderate had

their charts that had a years look where we are. this is why conservatives are going to be, well no, i absolutely know. i disagree with that at mostly because yes, moderates had a chance. but for the past 8 years, how long it had spent that time undermining the ra honey administration at putting obstacles its way and trying to raise the administration from carrying out its promises. hardliners for the most part, were in opposition to the jcp away, including when it was ratified through the pollen that you had called me terry. and hotline parliamentary and some of them actually cried and they would that upset about it. and it's not just that they've undermined he demands for reform, for moderation. this also, you know, important issues that he, that he campaigned on it, not just 2013, but it was 2070 and yes,

fine moderates have had a chance. so there is the internal problem within iran and internal position, which is, which is important and it cannot be discounted, but then you have on the alternative side, you can look at the pasta, you know, 20 years of the iranian presidential election. you know, they've elected a populace that elected a hotline reforming a moderate pragmatist a bit the united states. on the other hand, us tradition washington towards iran has changed in a very limited way. so i think that part of the problem is that the shift in washington hasn't happened towards iran to allow the to change that misty within iraq to really take whole i have some questions on youtube for you as i'll go go ahead quickly. but i also want the audience not to talk to you. go ahead, go ahead. i was just going to say, i think sir, i wrote up a very, very important point, which is, you know,

commentators and analyst in the us looking at it from the us perspective. have been saying for years, but maximum pressure would have this exact consequences on that. it would movie ron's domestic politics to the right. and so that the extra, we can't, you know, separate the fact that there are external factors that are influencing iranian politics as well. i am going to put some thoughts to you from our audience. are watching right now. i want instant reactions. we quick thoughts back for sheets says could the lifting of sanctions in the final moments of election day change the situation in favor of mattie impossible question to answer for us. l. have a good? sure. i think again, elections are unpredictable everywhere and i would argue, especially in your on. so it is possible i would say that it is unlikely to happen because one i think the sanction being lifted in the next 10 days is unlikely to happen. and so it's unlikely to have that effect. so my a j noon says, is there a chance for ron to become more nipple country?

that's like, that's my answer to that one. i think at the courage point in iran, we inflation some high unemployment. so high and economic issues that are really taking returns of people's priorities. i think it's incredibly difficult for people to push for reform when they're struggling to put food on the table when they're struggling to buy medicine. i think that the fundamental problem at the moment my, the, i says that we're not going to vote. there's a whole me of social media hash tag around the idea of what is a point. we're not going to tell us more about that. well, young i understand with a current situation, the economy and other restrictions on freedoms, on internet freedoms, on the freedom of speech. and you don't see any viable option out of the situation . and in this election,

i feel like many people see that they are both is not going to have a huge impact. as you said, it's very unlikely that that might be, for instance, is going to just come around and be able to win. and then go ahead to implement very wide reaching reforms that would just 60 economy and everything. and i think on the nuclear deal also, it's important to make the distinction the a lease right now. it's become state policy. i think it's always been a policy, but especially in the past few months. president, ronnie has also been trying to make a point to say that every step has been going on in direct consolidation with the supreme leader and the supreme national security council, which is also comprised of hardliners and incentives. so i think the nuclear deal is not going to have a huge impact on the election. and in turn, the election is not going to have a huge impact on the deal. what is i want to show you this and this is a recent telephone poles have a look here on my laptop on twitter. i'm just going to scoot up here. so reducing

the translation from persian elections on in june about 36 percent of people are expected to turn out. that is not a good turn out. and there's not simply an awful lot in infuse the awesome for going to vote which by itself that by itself is a vote. right? not voting is about if you are not enthusiastic about it a 2nd, i had this thought, let me just share this with you. because somehow she is being exploited and captivated by the debates won't have a number to this is set a race thought. let's have a listen. even though the initial public opinion, paul suggests about we're going to witness a very low turn out in the presidential elections. it seems that after the candidates were announced and they started their presidential campaigns,

and particularly after we had the 1st televised presidential debates and more and more people are talking about the election and especially online. and there is a stronger election by dan before in the society. i thought just wondering, is there anything in this current election that is making you excited? not particularly, i mean i'm, i'm the wrong person. gaskins terms of like my excited behind the election. but from what i'm getting from people who are in iran. no, i think i think there was a lack of energy going into it. but the disqualifications were sort of the nail in the coffin. i mean we, there is the possibility as i thought i was pointing to, that you'll see higher numbers and what is being predicted, but overall, compared to 70 percent per turn out in 2017. i don't think we're gonna see anything

close to those numbers. so i, i think i saw it completely, right. i don't think those turn out is going to be anything that we saw during romani, selection 20132017 or example. but i will, i will say that even in 2013, there was a lot about the environment back at the very similar to the environment right now. and so there was a huge movement of boy cutting the note at that time as well as a lot of the opinion. polls showed very lot of figures not as low as 30 percent. i will of course, point out, but it wasn't until late 3 days before the election, 72 hours will be election that the ro, honie administration did, campaign actually gathered and gathered this kind of momentum that really a rated people enough to decide, well, actually i might go and vote and that's what happened. it was only 62 without so

you know, i think there's still a little bit of time. of course. busy for optimism, but i think i found might be riding the math here if i may of i think you're right. but the last time the debate themselves were very lively, they really had an impact this time doesn't to this debate so far. there's just one left on saturday and they've been very, very bland. just nothing really exciting, nothing to get people going. it's just been kind of entertaining, perhaps the time that is trading bars just tagging each other. so it's not very constructive. ready it's not many plans and details are being hashed out in the base and they can even be called a base perhaps because there's 0 moderation involved and everything is random questions, questions from random, and that it sounds like it could be a job for the stream mazda yeah,

so i and s l. thank you so much for packing the presidential campaign. upcoming right now for the upcoming elections on june. the 18th in iran. thank you, cheapest and your comments and questions. i'll see you next time. take everybody. ah, ah ah, ah ah, close still to host world leaders at a u. k. coastal town for the 2021 g 7, summit corona virus, vaccines and carbon emissions will be high on the agenda. but with roster in china out of the loop, how much progress can be made in tackling the global issues of our time. the g 7 summit on al jazeera children born into a city of trash,

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