The questions I answer are from Robby.
What about Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made so many people protest about unfairness?
The Middle East and South Asia doesn't have much of a history of successful democratic elections. Or democratic elections for that matter. I try to follow the news and the pattern with all elections in this region of the world is one of accused cheating and delays. The elections in Iran, Afghanistan and most recently, Iraq have all included political candidates accusing one another of various things like ballot stuffing or throwing away votes.
The mostly student protesters called the president Ahmadinejad "a liar." Protesters see the elections as being unfair because of fraud, because they think that Ahmadinejad threatened Mir Hussein Moussavi and because it is unjust and suspicious that they jailed and beat hundreds of protesters.
How does the government operate?
The government is a theocratic republic which means it is a country ruled by Islamic societal rules. It's kind of confusing because the head of state, or president is Mahmoud Ahmadinejad but the "Supreme Leader" is Ali Hoseini-Khamenei. Whereas most Middle Eastern countries are moving away from Islam in their governments Iran still is a theocratic republic.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment