In over four decades, the authoritarian regime of the ‘Absolute Sovereignty of the Jurist’ in Iran has drawn Iranians to sham elections, that have always involved rampant fraud, to choose the lesser evil from the regime’s selected list of candidates. In the absence of a truly republican democratic system and associated political freedoms, having no chance of nominating their own genuine candidates, and fearing the worsening of the situation, Iranians have each time participated and voted for the candidate least supported by the Supreme Leader Khamenie. In these forty some years, the different factions of the Islamic regime, from the self-proclaimed “reformers” to those who are identified as “Principlists”, have to different degrees been responsible for all the calamities befallen on Iran; from rampant corruption, to squandering national wealth in order to help obscurantist Islamist groups in the region, to pursuing a disastrous nuclear policy, suppression of all political dissent, imposition of misogynist policies, imprisonment of political and civil rights activists, humiliation and suppression of ethnic, religious, and sexual minorities, suppression of workers and students movements, destroying the environment, isolating Iran and endangering its integration, sheer incompetence in handling the COVID-19 pandemic, and….
The spontaneous mass uprisings of January 2017 and Fall 2019, both brutally suppressed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards, and the protesters’ slogan of “Reformers, Principlists, this is the end” spoke to the people’s sobering realization that they no longer be deceived by the factional divisions of the regime and their opportunist supporters inside and outside Iran.
We the undersigned, Iranian academics, journalists, writers, artists, lawyers, human rights activists outside Iran, support the demands to boycott the Presidential elections. The Islamic regime has, in these long years, shown that it is incapable of reforming itself, and only the resolute will of the people will be able to replace it with a progressive, secular democratic republic.
Signatories: in alphabetical order
Name Family name, affiliation, Country
-Shahla Abghari, Ph.D., Professor of Microbiolgy, political and women’s rights activist, USA.
-Siavash Abghari, Ph.D., Professor of Business Admin and Economics, political activist, USA.
-Babak Adibian, Ph.D., Organization and Career Classification, USA.
-Reza Afshari, Ph.D., rtd. Professor of History, Chase University, USA
-Afshin Afshin Jam, researcher, human rights and political Analyst, Canada.
-Ali Reza Ahanchin, MD, Canada.
-Maryam Ahari, human rights and women rights activist, USA.
-Khosrow Akbari, artificial intelligence expert, Canada.
-Hamid Ahmadi, former senior officer, Iranian Navy, Germany.
-Shirin Ahmadi Sarvestani, poet, asylum seeker, Turkey.
-Enio (Alireza) Akhavan, community activist, Canada.
-Kazem Alamdari, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, USA.
-Mohammad Alahmad, rtd. Mechanical Engineer, and political activist, USA.
-Reza Alavi, politics and history analyst, USA.
-Hossein Alavi, Journalist, France.
-Alijan Alijanpour, community activist, Canada.
-Soudeh Alikhani, avocate, Canada.
-Hazhar Alipour, political activist, Canada.
-Elahe Amani, Director of Educational Technology, University of California, USA.
-Mehdi Amini, political activist, USA.
-Mina Asgari, business woman, Canada.
-Nasrin Almassi, journalist, Canada.
-Ziba Alavian, pharmacist, Canada.
-Sima Alavian, Seneca College faculty and optician, Canada.
-Koroush Amini, MD, physician, Canada.
-Mehrdad Ariannejad, community activist, Canada.
-Farid Ashkan, political activist, USA.
-Touraj Atabaki, Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of Social History of the Middle East and Central Asia, Leiden University, Netherlands.
-Soraia Attari, Dipl. Pädagogin, Deutschland
-Abbas Azadian, Dr, psychiatrist, Canada.
-Mohammad Azami, political activist, France
-Shahnaz Babaie, retraitee, Canada.
-Fereidoun Babayee Khameneh, retired university professor, Canada.
-Reza Badiee, freedom activist, USA.
-Vahid Badii, journalist, USA.
-Shahriar Bakhshi, interprete, Canada.
-Hanieh Bahmanpour, human rights Lawyer, Canada.
-Bahram Bahrami, writer, Canada.
-Sharifeh Banihashemi, Schauspielerin und Schriftstellerin, Deutschland.
-Behruz Bayat, Ph.D., nuclear physicist, Austria
-Mehran Barati, international relations expert, Germany
-Mohammad Barzanjeh, Canada.
-Elahe Chokraie, activiste droit des femmes, Canada.
-Saeed Chookack, Bamdad Publication, Canada.
-Parvaneh Chokraie, employe d’etat, Canada.
-Parviz Dadkhah Tehrani, painter and ceramist, Germany.
-Mehrdad Darvishpour, Ph.D., Sociologist, Associate Professor, Malardalen University, Sweden.
-Masoud H. Dolatabadi, Canada.
-Abdul Sattar Doshoki, Ph.D., Center for Balochestan Studies, UK.
-Bagher Ebrahimzadeh, political activist and former political prisoner, Germany.
-Mehdi Ebrahimzadeh, political activist and analyst, Germany.
-Bijan Eftekhari, Ph.D., political activist, Austria.
-Mohammad Eghtedari, Economist, USA.
-Sirvan Enayati, journalist, USA.
-Mina Entezari, former political prisoner, and human rights activist, USA.
-Ardavan Ershad, political activist, Germany.
-Esfandiar Eslami, businessman, Italy.
-Hassan Etemadi, political activist, TV producer, Sweden.
-Maryam Etemadi, human rights activist, Sweden.
-Fataneh Farahani, Ph.D., Associate Professor in Ethnology , Stockholm University, Sweden.
-Behnam Fard, medical engineer, Canada.
-Mansour Farhang, Ph.D., Rtd. Professor of Political Science, Bennington College, USA.
-Soheyla Farhang, rtd. United Nations Development Program.
-Mohsen Farhang, marketing consultant, USA.
-Azar Farsi, Frauenrechtlerin, Deutschland.
-Mohammad Farsi, politischer aktivist, Deutschland.
-Kambiz Fatehi, environmental researcher, asylum seeker, Germany.
-Iraj Forootan, mining and metallurgical engineer, USA.
-Nader Forouzi, human rights activist, USA.
-Sam Firoozian, community activist, Canada.
-Firouzeh Fouladi, human rights activist, Canada.
-Mohsen Ghaem Magham, MD, physician, New York, USA
-Houshang Ghahremanlou, health care, Canada.
-Reza Goharzad, journalist, USA.
-Ali Goucheh, MD, surgeon, physician, Austria
-Reza Ghoraishi, Professor of Economics, USA.
-Manochehr Golshan, political activist, Germany.
-Minoo Haghighi, human rights activist, Germany.
-Mohsen Hamidian, transportation company management, Canada.
-Mehrdad Hariri, Ph.D., human rights activist, Canada.
-Farkhondeh Hashemi, Qualitätssicherung, Deutschland
-Sharmin Hassaniani, United Nations Association, Toronto Region Branch, Canada.
-Babak Hatamian, electronic engineer, USA.
-Abbas Heidari, House of Iran, Canada.
-Sharen Heydari, human rights activist, USA.
-Farrokh Heidari, former political prisoner, activist, USA.
-Afsaneh Hojabri, writer, researcher, Canada.
-Ata Hoodashtian, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Political Science and Philosophy, Umef University, Swiss.
-Reza Hooshmand, university lecturer, CPA, Canada.
-Amir Hoshmand Momtaz, MD, political activist, USA.
-Jalal Idjadi, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, France.
-Mahmoud Jafari, accountant, Netherlands.
-Ramin Jahanbegloo, Ph.D., Professor- Vice Dean, Director, Mahatma Gandhi Centre for Peace
Jindal Global Law School, Jindal Global University, India.
-Rashid Jamaleddin, Political activist, USA.
-Mehdi Jamshidi, Accountant, USA.
-Azam Jangravi, women’s rights activist, “Daughters of Revolution Street”, Canada.
-Reza Jawadi, taxifahrer, Deutschland.
-Mihan Jazani (Ghoreishy), activiste politique, France.
-Bijan Jorjani, social activist, USA.
-Kazem Kardavani, Ph.D., former Professor of Emam Sadeq University, Sociologist, Germany.
-Pari Kazemi, retired teacher and educator, Canada.
-Arsalan Kahnemuyipour, Professor, Canada.
-Banafsheh, Karimzadeh, blogger and women’s rights activist, asylum seeker, Turkey.
-Nargess Kermanshahi, political activist, UK.
-Amir Khadir, MD, Infectious disease specialist, and former member of Quebec national assembly, Canada.
-Darya Khadir, architecte, Canada.
-Vali Khadivi, Dentist, Academic, human rights activist, Canada.
-Esfandiar Khalaf, political activist, France.
-Hozan Khaledian, Cartoonist, asylum seeker, Germany.
-Fereydoun Khavand: Ph.D., Retired Professor of International Law at University of Rene Descartes- Paris- France.
-Kiyoumars Kiyani, environmental activist, USA.
-Yousef Kimiagar, community activist, Canada.
-Hamid Kowsari, educator, Canada.
-Ali Limonadi, director, USA
-Ahmad Machouf, MD, pediatre, Canada.
-Anousheh Machouf, psycologue, Canada.
-Nima Machouf, MD, epidemyologiste, Canada.
-Yalda Machouf- Khadir, avocate, Canada.
-Roshanak Madadinoei, community activist, Canada.
-Maziar Mahjobi, political activist, USA.
-Morteza Malek Mohammadi, political activist, Germany.
-Parvin Malek, political and human rights activist, USA.
-Sirvan Mansouri, journalist, Manager of Hanna Asylum site, Turkey.
-Ahmad Mesbah, Ph.D., General Documentation Resources, human rights activist, USA.
-Abbas Milani, Ph.D., Professor and Moghadam Director of Iranian Studies, Stanford University, USA.
-Sirous Mirzayee, MD, physician, Austria.
-Anvar Mir Sattari, political activist, Belgium.
-Bahman Mobasheri, political activist, Germany.
-Rashid Mohammadi, artist and stage actor, asylum seeker, Germany.
-Akbar Mohabbati Zadeh, former faculty member, Sharif University, political analyst, USA.
-Rezvan Moghadam, MD, women’s rights activist, Germany.
-Sara Mohaghegh, MFT, Marriage and Family Therapist, USA.
-Amir H. Momtaz, MD, former Professor in Tabriz and Esfahan Universities, USA.
-Saeed Mehraghdam, politischer aktivist, Deutschland.
-Haideh Moghissi, Ph.D., Emerita Professor of Sociology, Associate Dean of faculty of Arts and Professional Studies, and former Trudeau Fellow, York University, Canada.
-Manijeh Moghisi, Social Worker, Canada.
-Gazaleh Mojdehi, Human Rights Lawyer, Canada.
-Poya Mojdehi, Instructor, Canada.
-Fereshteh Molavi, writer, Canada.
-Reza Moridi, Ph.D., Physicist and former Parliamentarian and Minister, Ontario, Canada.
-Ezat Mossallanejad, Ph.D., Senior Counsellor and policy Analyst, Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture, Canada.
-Hanri Nahreini, cultural and community Activist, USA.
-Mina Nahreini, cultural and community Activist, USA.
-Mehdi Nakhl Ahmadi, journalist, Italy.
-Mohammad Navab, MD, Professor of Cardiology, UCLA, USA.
-Hasan Nayeb Hashem, human rights activist, Vienna.
-Mohammad Nazari, asylum seeker, Germany.
-Mohsen Nejad, USA
-Farhad Nomani, Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of Economics, American University of Paris, France.
-Faramarz Pakzad, political activist, Germany.
-Misagh Parsa, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, Dartmouth College, USA.
-Kourosh Parsa, Ph.D., Hi Tech IP strategist and innovation Director in 5G, USA.
-Soheil Parsa, Artistic Director, Modern Times Stage Company, Canada.
-Mahshid Pegahi, human rights and women’s rights activist, Germany.
-Jaleh Pirnazar, Ph.D., Professor of Persian literature and language, California, USA.
-Ahmad Pouri, Director of refugee organization PRIME (Participating Refugee in Multicultural Europe), Netherland.
-Bijan Pirzadeh, Civil Engineer and human rights activist, USA.
-Siamak Radmehr, MD, Brain and Neurosurgeon, Germany.
-Fariba Rad, human rights activist, USA.
-Nasser Rahmaninejad, Stage Director and actor, USA.
-Abbas Rahmati, political activist, Germany.
-Saeed Rahnema, Ph.D., Professor, rtd. and former Director of School of Public Policy and Admin, York University, Canada.
-Asghar Rastegar, MD, Emeritus Professor, Yale School of Medicine, USA.
-Maryam Rastegar Shahroudi, politische aktivistin, Deutschland.
-Hooman Razavi, educator, Canada.
-Jamshid Roudbari, MD, Germany
-Mahmoud Rowghani, writer, social activist, Canada.
-Mohammad Reza Rohani, Lawyer and human rights activist, France.
-Manijeh Saba, retired educator, peace and human rights activist, USA
-Jalal Sabzevari, Ph.D., retired Professor of Persian Language and Literature, Uppsala University, Sweden.
-Mohammad Hossein Sadigh Yazdtchi, Ph.D., chercheur en philosophi, France.
-Azita Safaie, environmental activist, USA.
-Esmaeil Safarzadeh, former chess champion in Iran, Canada.
-Kambiz Sakhai, Ph.D., clinical psychologist, USA.
-Farah Sanifar, human rights activist, USA.
-Mohsen Salehi, rtd. telecommunication engineer, human rights activist, USA.
-Alesh Saremi, human rights activist, England.
-Said Sarreshtehdari, politischer Aktivist, Deutschland
-Bahman Satari, psychologe, Germany.
-Akbar Seifi, political analyst, France
-Parvin Shahbazi, Netherland.
-Sahar Shahyar, political and womewn’s rights activist, Sweden.
-Majid Shams, Ph.D. student, political activist, Germany.
-Kamal Shohrat Rahmanian, political activist, Sweden.
-Nahid Shojaie, Dentist, USA.
-Golam Reza Sojodi, MA in planning and human rights activist, USA.
-Behrooz Sooren, media activist and former political prisoner, Austria.
-Bahram Soltani, human rights activist, France.
-Behrouz Sotoudeh, human rights activist, USA.
-Esfandiar Tabari, Ph.D., Professor of Philosophy, Germany
-Shahram Tabe Mohammadi, Ph.D., Professor of Chemical Engineering, Toronto, Canada.
-Mohammad Tajalli, Canada.
-Mahmoud Tajalimehr, telecommunications expert, Germany.
-Siavash Tajvand, Canada.
-Mohammad Tajdolati, journalist, Canada.
-Mohammad Torabi, Ph.D, former Professor of Sharif University & UCLA, pol. activist, USA.
-Farzin Vahdat: Ph.D, Professor, Institute for Social Sciences and Humanities, Netherlands.
-Ali Vakili, human rights activist, Canada.
-Shahpour Vali, Economic Professor, Fordham University, human rights activist, USA.
-Ali Yaghoubvand, political activist, Sweden.
-Mehdi Yousefi, rtd. Dentist and human rights activist, USA.
-Mahmoud Zahraii, MD, physician, political activist, USA.
-Hadi Zamani, Ph.D., Economist, England.
-Sholeh Zamani, women rights activist, Vienna.
-Mahmoud Zamani, political activist, Canada.
-Farrokh Zandi, Ph.D., Professor, Schulich School of Business, York University, Canada.
-Hamid Zangeneh, Ph.D., Professor of Economics, USA
-Hassan Zerehi, writer and journalist, Canada.
