Iran is holding its presidential elections, after its former President Ebrahim Raisi died in a helicopter crash last month.
Mohammad Hashemi is an Iranian-Australian activist, whose cousin Majid Kazemi was arrested and later executed after taking part in a Woman, Life, Freedom protest in Iran. Members of the Iranian-Australian community have cast their vote at polling booths around Australia but some say this election lacks legitimacy and are instead turning out to protest."There is no democracy in Iran what we can see is a brutal regime and dictatorship.
Protests also took place in other Australian cities and some were mobilised by the Australian United Solidarity for Iran, a community-led group supporting a boycott of this election for those living in Iran and abroad."When we realised that these elections are being held in Australia, it kind of shocked the community that some of these venues are Australian-owned businesses.
Some members of the Iranian-Australian community turned out to cast their vote in Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra and in Melbourne, the Iranian embassy changed some polling locations at the last minute amid community pressure and planned protest activity.This did not deter those willing to cast their vote.
"I reckon our leader is in the last few years of his life and I think it is really important to use the chance to have a good President at this time." The Iranian Embassy insisting the Islamic Republic of Iran is a 'dynamic democratic country' telling SBS any well-known professional Iranian with a common-sense definition of being eligible to run as head of an executive branch could register and get the chance to compete.'We've got monkeypox in the community': Locally-acquired mpox infections up in Australia
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