First of all, I think its safe to say that we have no IR fans here so please lets cut with the smartass comments. Thanks in advance.
Now, I had this arguement with a friend who was trying to convince me that the IR government in a sense is a democracy although not a perfect one by any stretch. Is there any truth to this?
Some specific questions I have:
1. Can you directly vote in people on the city and/or state level? Or how exactly does that work?
2. The supreme leader; how does he get the job? From my understanding each supreme leader appoints the next, and the Guardian Council has some say on the matter? and since the Guardian Council is composed of 12 members, 6 of which are directly elected, than it is somewhat democratic.
3. We often hear that the Presidency is symbolic. Is this true and what powers does the President exactly have? how does his powers compare to that of the Supreme leader?
4. How are members of the parliament elected? Is the parliament democratic?
5. Who picks the people that get to run for president? and on what basis are they disqualified? Is it true that the reformers werent allowed to run last election because as far as I can remember there were 2 or 3 reformer candidates.
Anyway, just a few questions I had if anyone knows the answer to any of them id appreciate it...
Now, I had this arguement with a friend who was trying to convince me that the IR government in a sense is a democracy although not a perfect one by any stretch. Is there any truth to this?
Some specific questions I have:
1. Can you directly vote in people on the city and/or state level? Or how exactly does that work?
2. The supreme leader; how does he get the job? From my understanding each supreme leader appoints the next, and the Guardian Council has some say on the matter? and since the Guardian Council is composed of 12 members, 6 of which are directly elected, than it is somewhat democratic.
3. We often hear that the Presidency is symbolic. Is this true and what powers does the President exactly have? how does his powers compare to that of the Supreme leader?
4. How are members of the parliament elected? Is the parliament democratic?
5. Who picks the people that get to run for president? and on what basis are they disqualified? Is it true that the reformers werent allowed to run last election because as far as I can remember there were 2 or 3 reformer candidates.
Anyway, just a few questions I had if anyone knows the answer to any of them id appreciate it...