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A republic with a supreme religious leader who actually decides everything, that fakes elections and has a council of religious leaders that can disqualify any candidate

that's without even talking about killing 30,000-40,000 citizens for wanting their rights

> It subsidize basic needs of its poorer citizens, such as fuel, bread, housing, education and healthcare.

I'd start with supplying basic needs like water and electricity.

The actual subsidizing is for the IRGC which steals whatever they can get their hands on so they can be counted on to mass slaughter the people

Subsidies are enacted and approved by Parliament and enshrined in the law. IRGC has nothing to do with approval or distribution of subsidies.

Do not forget funding widespread proxxy wars and terrorism in the region, although that game has many players: Qatar, UAE, Turkey, Egypt..

you're absolutely "Right". Iran should hold as many elections as Saudis or UAE, have as many coups by generals as in Egypt and Pakistan, or build as many American military bases as Jordan and Turkey to be considered a republic by your types.

>> Arabia, UAE or Israel's internet

You mean the internet?

> It subsidize basic needs of its poorer citizens, such as fuel, bread, housing, education and healthcare.

Hold on, am I living in the wrong Iran?

Khomenei is called the "supreme leader" since 89. His predecessor betrayed his allies by wording a referendum for the abolition of the monarchy weirdly, making it instead about the installation of a theocracy.

(i don't want to make it overly political, but once again the historical materialist offshots of the revolutionary groups are the only ones who understood the betrayal and called a boycott of this referendum. Please listen to marxists when they're in a coup, they are so used to betrayal they'll see it comming)

It was the same "Marxists" who helped Khomeini gain power so by all means observe Marxists but only to understand where they are trying to lead society so you can be ready to limit the amount of damage they'll do. Lenin is supposed to have called these people 'useful idiots', useful to create societal upheaval because they are so easy to lead and eager to follow but for that same reason they should be neutralised once the Party has gained power. Lenin and Stalin tended to just kill them or sent them into the GULAG, Mao sent them to the countryside, Khomeini followed Lenin and Stalin in getting rid of the Marxist students who helped push the revolution.

Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying. They were part of the coalition against the Shah, which included Islamists, Democrats and Marxists. Since Marxists are used to be betrayed, it's basically a feature at this point, they were the ones to understand where the betrayal would come from. If the democrats did follow and boycotted the referendum too, maybe Iran wouldn't have a supreme leader and have a democracy. So if you're part of a coalition with Marxists, listen to their paranoia once it's done.

Iran is a democratic republic just like the 'democratic peoples republic' of North Korea is, i.e. not at all. It is remarkable how often entities which use the term 'democratic' do not live up to the concept it refers to

The rule is that the more times "people" appears in a country's name, the less free it is. The DPRK has it three times - in Greek, English, and Latin.

Iran is not called a democratic republic but an Islamic Republic and at that it is the only one of its kind in all of Middle East. Like all republics holds regular elections and referendums. The fact that you don't like the results does not make it a dictatorship

>Iran is not a dictatorship

lmao

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