[The Great RJ]

The democracy part seems to have been lost. It would appear the Supreme Leader and an army of theocrats run the country and the people are left out of the process--note the recent parlimentary elections where reform minded members are being excluded from candidacy.

[nuconvert]

Yep. The democracy part doesn't exist.
The people do get a paper ballot to write on, but they have to choose from a list of candidates chosen by the Guardian Council.
Please don't be confused by the media into thinking that the "reformists" or "moderates" are people the Iranians would vote for. They've already had enough of them. They want a whole new government.