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Note: in this thread, apparently "crazy" means "working overtly and vehemently against US interests".
Note: Ahmadinejad is not the commander-in-chief of Iranian forces. It is the Supreme Commander (Ayatollah Ali Khamenei) who is elected by the Assembly of Experts, who are in turn elected by the general population.
Note: There is universal sufferage in Iran, and there are no groups barred from voting, including women.
thesupermikey - please provide proof that the vast majority of the population was not allowed to vote. And remember that low voter turnout is only proof of apathy, not election fraud.
I don't like the Iranians, but this is all just misinformation. You can argue that their electoral system is a closed loop because of the review and approval of all presidential candidates by the Guardian Council, but some of the statements here are just plain old wrong. If we're going to have a conversation on Iran, can we at least get the basic facts straight.
Then again, maybe that's the point of this thread - most of what we think we "know" (as Americans) is wrong.
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