 He doesn't have independent influence, and all of the sort of policies and decision-making is very consensus-based and requires the Supreme Leader's sort of blessing. And perhaps that gets to the heart of why many potential voters in Iran say they won't go to the polls. In a series of voice notes sent over Telegram, a 37-year-old engineer named Milad says that when people don't participate in an election, a campaign becomes cold and soulless.