The blame game....

Gholamali Haddad Adel, the speaker of Majlis (the parliament), said that the enemies of Iran “have launched an extensive propaganda campaign against Iran to prepare the grounds for their interference in Iran's internal affairs”.

Adel also tried to blame the “countries enemies” for the lack of public interest for the elections, by saying that Iran is under a massive propaganda attack which aims to prevent “a massive turn out in the upcoming presidential elections”. He urged people to “massively take part in the upcoming presidential elections”, to show the nations unity against the enemies.

Adel’s statement is one in a long run of officials who are already now are trying to blame “the countries enemies” (the US) for the public lack of interest and the expected low voter turnout in the presidential elections.

A low voter turn-out could spark a legitimacy crisis for the regime and a big prestige loss for the “supreme leader” who have put a lot of energy trying to boost the public’s interest for the elections and the candidates, with little success.