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Subject:	*Re: Iran: For peace in the region? No! For a piece of* the region...**
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Mon, 7 Apr 2003 16:11:40 GMT
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Larry Pieniazek wrote: > > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Leonard Hoffman writes: > > > And on a last note.. did you know that Iran is one of the few working > > democracies in the region? > > Um, not exactly a democracy. You may want to do a little more research. For > starters, see this article, particularly the illustration of how power > actually works: > > http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?Story_id=1522038 > > The entire special report that this is a part of is quite good. Hmm, is there a similar report that doesn't have a cost to view? Frank

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		Re: Iran: For peace in the region? No! For a piece of the region...
(...) Er, whoops. I'm an Economist subscriber (print edition) so it's no cost to me. But the point of the article, and the diagram in particular, is that Iran is more of a theocracy that has some elected (but basically powerless) appendages, than a (...) (21 years ago, 7-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Re: Iran: For peace in the region? No! For a piece of the region...
(...) Um, not exactly a democracy. You may want to do a little more research. For starters, see this article, particularly the illustration of how power actually works: (URL) entire special report that this is a part of is quite good. (...) Yup. No (...) (21 years ago, 7-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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