Kingdom of Israel wrote:Souriya Al-Assad wrote:Wrong. Iran had over 586 starting candidates in its most recent elections. Which were the most contested ones yet. Furthermore, the Ayatollah's role is more of a ceremonial religious role. The elected government rules the nation.
Grand Ayatollah & Supreme Leader Sayyed Ali Hosseini Khamenei, as well as the Revolutionary Guards Council furthermore have an additional task, to make sure that the Iranian government does not get hijacked by moles working for external nations. If they suddenly suspected an elected official of such, said official would be heavily scrutinised.
Nonetheless, this is to preserve Iranian sovereignty. Additionally, I should also make it be noted that whilst Iran is supposedly "theocratic", its government, especially under Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has pursued secularised policies in addition to some level of socialism into the economy, including nationalised petrol Nasser style.
Hassan Rouhani is furthermore likelier to move towards some more secularisation in some areas. On other notes however, it should be taken into more consideration that comparing Iran with Saudi Arabia:
80% of Iranian women are either educated or employed. In retrospect, Saudi Arabian women face the exact opposite in majority.
Yeah, but you still have to remember HOW MUCH were disqualified from running (!).
But well, yeah, compared to the Islamic world Iran are (RELATIVELY) more democratic ("democratorship").
But they are still antisemitic lunatics.
Democratorship! What a perfect label for most Middle Eastern Governments
Actual military Generals performing actual military Analysis makes you sick? You don't want people to actually do their jobs? Or do you believe that Americans should be lied to about what the Government is getting into, in the Middle East, yet again?