Comment by hagbard_c
12 days ago
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