(Wall Street Journal) Editorial - The disqualifications of candidates for Iran's Assembly of Experts and Parliament were the work of the Guardian Council, an unelected body that vets candidates for ideological purity. The system allows the mullahs to hold popular "elections" while ensuring no one who might challenge Islamist rule could ever be in a position to win a seat.
2016-01-27 00:00:00Full ArticleBACK Visit the Daily Alert Archive