Earlier this week, I watched a program on TV about Iran. It was quite interesting to know how Iran has evolved over the years. I have been to Iran in early 90's, back then Imam Khumaini acquired the power from Shah and Iran was in the process of transformation. That was the time when Persian people were trying to combine the religion and state. The fact that amazes me is that Iran in its 2500 years of history, has gone through so many different political set ups. Before Shah, the country was neither too religious nor very modern. After Shah took over, he made some dramatic changes to make the country viable in his own way. However, he was not modernizing the country, he actually was westernizing the country and that is where he was not well received by the people of Iran.
After Shah was forced to exile, Khumaini took over. That era was a complete opposite of what Iran had gone through in the past and the same values are held by the people of Iran till today. I think it is unrealistic to expect countries like Iran to have democracy like USA. Iran is a completely different country with different culture, different values, different dynamics etc. They can have a different form of democracy tailored to fit to their social and political set up.
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