Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told supporters in Ardabil today that efforts were underway to delay the elections, and Iran’s “decision-makers” had purchased an island to which they will flee if the Iranian people rise up. Ahmadinejad added that the “decision-makers” would use COVID as an excuse to postpone the election if they suspected the result would not be in their favour. Recently a former confident of Ahmadinejad, Abdol-Reza Davari, stated that Ahmadinejad’s campaign is built on the message that the Islamic Republic is about to collapse, and that the government has abandoned the people.