Parliamentary elections in Iran last week are widely believed to have been rigged by hardliners.
The term “democracy” should be used loosely when referring to Iranian elections. The Islamic Republic bans candidates it doesn’t approve of.
According to Newsweek, 99% of the modernist candidates were rejected by the Guardian Council, a body of 12 of the most radical Islamist legislators.
This year’s elections were “elections” in name only.
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