EU-DIGEST: BBC NEWS/EU-Digest: Iran has a "complex" political system - with the power in clergy hands - Ahmadinejad heckled coming out of the University today

Jun 19, 2009

BBC NEWS/EU-Digest: Iran has a "complex" political system - with the power in clergy hands - Ahmadinejad heckled coming out of the University today

For the complete report from BBC NEWS click on this link

How Iran is ruled-a complex political system - with the power in clergy hands - Ahmadinejad heckled coming out of the Teheran University today

The Supreme Leader, currently Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, appoints the head of the judiciary, six of the members of the powerful Guardian Council, the commanders of all the armed forces, Friday prayer leaders and the head of radio and TV. He also confirms the president's election. The Leader is chosen by the clerics who make up the Assembly of Experts. Periodic tension between the office of the Leader and the office of the president has often been the source of political instability. It increased during former president reformist Mohammad Khatami's term in office - a reflection of the deeper tensions between religious rule and the democratic aspirations of many Iranians.

Note EU-Digest: click on this link to see how Ahmadinejad was heckled when he came out of Teheran University today following the speech by his chief, Iran's "supreme leader", Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Labels: Democracy, Iran, Revolution

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