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by inglor 1350 days ago
The thing that makes Iran not a democracy is that all those bodies (parliament, president, parties) answer to the supreme leader and religious authority.

It’s not a democracy if the elected bodies all answer to unelected ones.
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alasdair_ 1350 days ago
> It’s not a democracy if the elected bodies all answer to unelected ones.

Like the supreme court?

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inglor 1350 days ago
The Supreme Court of which country?
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