Right now Iran is a mixture of theocracy and a democracy; it is a political system based on clerical authority as well as a public vote. Their laws and customs are based on both on the divine right of the clergy as well as the rights of people, these concepts are derived both from the early days of Islam and modern democratic principles. For instance the people hold regular elections, but the Guardian Council, which is a group that is formed by people who run the church, decides who can or cannot run in these elections.

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