Disqualifications, Election Meals, Organization of Mourning Speakers

Radio Farda reviews the news and reports related to the upcoming elections from the perspective of local media, summarizing the news published over the past week: Criticism of the distribution of specific items by some candidates in Hamadan on January 16, Fars News Agency: Saeed Golestani, the Deputy for Crime Prevention of the Hamadan Judiciary criticized the distribution of "specific items" by some candidates among the people, deeming it a crime. Golestani stated, "In some cases, we see candidates distributing items among the people, which is contrary to the dignity of representation." Disqualification of the candidate from Kermanshah who hosted the most dinners on January 16, the local site "Motale' al-Fajr" reported that three candidates for the parliamentary elections in the Qasr-e Shirin region of Kermanshah, who had the most advertising activities including "spending money" and "hosting dinners," were disqualified by the provincial election oversight board. Cancellation of a lunch banquet in Kermanshah after disqualification on January 16, Mersad News: One of the candidates for parliament in Kermanshah canceled his lunch banquet for several hundred people after hearing about his disqualification from the election oversight board. Control of cyberspace during the elections by the IRGC in Gilan on January 17, Fars News Agency: Mehdi Kazemipour, the deputy commander of the IRGC in Gilan announced that the IRGC would control cyberspace to prevent "psychological challenges and electoral crimes." "Most disqualified candidates were corrupt" on January 17, Fars News Agency: Ahmad Ghanbarian, spokesman for the Guardian Council's election oversight board in Gilan stated that "financial issues, economic and ethical corruption, and lack of adherence to Islamic principles were the most common reasons for disqualifications." Identification of 82 unauthorized websites active in Kerman during the elections on January 17, Young Journalists Club: Kambez Ismaili, head of cyber police in Kerman reported the identification and warning of 82 websites that operate in the election news sector without a license. Formation of 25 electoral violation cases in Lorestan on January 18, Mizan News Agency: Jafar Badri, the prosecutor of Lorestan announced the formation of 25 electoral violation cases in the province, stating that 20 candidates have been summoned and warned about some violations. Zanjan governor: I did not expect this many disqualifications on January 19, Ministry of Interior site: Jamshid Ansari, the governor of Zanjan commented on the disqualification of candidates saying, "The number of disqualifications was unimaginable, and it was expected that the review process would be conducted with greater tolerance." "Disqualifications were a form of managing the election results" on January 20, Bouyrnews site: Sharafeddin Malek Hosseini, representative of the Supreme Leader in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province reacted to the disqualification of candidates by the oversight boards saying, "Woe to the day when the legal management of elections leads to the management of results." Election slogans: I will declare three days a week as holidays on January 20, Tabnak site: A parliament member stated that if he is elected again, he will bring factories with famous Italian and German brands to the region and will employ all educated youth in intelligence agencies. Another candidate also promised that if he gets the necessary votes to enter parliament, he will ensure that people have three days off a week. The website did not mention the names of these two individuals. A disqualified representative from Babol died in an accident on January 20, Shalamcheh News: Nabiollah Rezaei Tabar, a candidate for the parliamentary elections from Babol constituency died in a car accident while returning from Tehran after protesting his disqualification. SMS from a creditor to a candidate in the elections on February 1, Atrak site: A person who appears to be a creditor of one of the candidates texted him saying, "Hello.. What about my account? Now that you have become a candidate, don't you want to pay or should I behave differently? Should I go tell the people?" Submission of 2.3 million "information items" to relevant authorities on February 2, Mehr News Agency: Hamid Shahriari, Deputy of the Judiciary stated that the "National Criminal Record System" has so far submitted 2.3 million "information items" about electoral candidates to the relevant authorities. Organization of three thousand mourning speakers to intervene in the elections on February 3, the Islamic Republic newspaper: The "Islamic Republic" newspaper quoted a famous mourning speaker in Tehran as saying that three thousand mourning speakers have been organized by conservatives to intervene in the upcoming parliamentary elections. Monitoring of dirty money by the Central Bank on February 3, IRNA: Valiollah Seif, the head of the Central Bank announced the start of monitoring to prevent the entry of "dirty" money into the elections in Esfand and stated that the banking system's anti-money laundering systems are currently following up on the matters.