Iran's "Democratic" Elections

Unfortunately, once again, the Western world, and the media are shown to be gullible, or ignorant, or intellectually dishonest. In Iran they are having the "democratic" process of voting. They are voting for a president. There are a couple things worth noting.

1. The candidates (of which there are 8, I believe) all were selected by the governing council to run for the position after a thorough "vetting" of 1000 "potential" candidates. In this manner, they can be assured that any winner will be suitable to the governing council and shares their ideological views. Hardly a true democratic process. Any winner will do. They don't have to worry about voter tampering or illegal voting or miscounts...it simply does not matter.
   
2. The president of Iran does not have any real power anyway. The governing council runs the country.
   

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