Iran’s Theocracy Continues
Iran’s Mehr News published an article yesterday stating that those who weren’t allowed to run for parliament in the last election, won’t be allowed to run this time around either. What was the reason they weren’t allowed to run? They didn’t meet the religious standards of Iran’s Guardian Council.
However, if a person is rejected by the Guardian Council it does not mean that he is a criminal, he explained.
“Based on Article 28 of the election law, those persons who are committed to Islam and the sacred Islamic law and the Islamic Republic system and show loyalty to the Constitution and the modern principle of velayat-e faqih (rule by the jurisprudent) will be qualified.
“And those persons who disseminate the principles of secularism and liberal democracy and do not possess the requirements stated in the aforementioned article (Article 28) should not expect to be recognized as qualified.”
As the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution has recommended, the only criterion for judging candidates’ qualifications should be a “commitment to the observation of the law,” he added.
All hail Iran’s Islamic Theocracy! Sigh. It looks like democracy won’t be coming to Iran anytime soon through the electoral channels.
