Ashby Calls for US to Encourage Iran to Allow Vote on Theocracy;“Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, let your people vote”

St. Louis, Mo., July 12, 2024 —Missouri Better Party Congressional Candidate Blake Ashby called on Iran to allow a vote on the Supreme Council, and for the U.S. to push this vote as part of any discussions on sanctions or Iran’s nuclear program.  
“The citizens of the nation of Iran should be allowed to periodically vote on whether or not they want to remain a Theocracy.”  Ashby noted.  “As part of any discussions or negotiations on sanctions and Iran’s nuclear program, the United States should demand that Iranians be allowed to vote on the role of the Supreme Council.“
Ashby noted that the election of Masoud Pezeshkian as President shows that Iranians want to rejoin the modern world.  However ultimately Iran is not a democracy, it is a theocracy, run in the name of God by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.  The Supreme Leader has control over every aspect of society, and a private army, the Revolutionary Guard, that only answers to him.  
“If Iran wants to be a theocracy, that’s the right of its citizens – every country has the right to choose its own government.” Commented Ashby.  “However the citizens of Iran should have the right to periodically affirm that choice through a vote.  Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, let your people vote.”

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