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(https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ir.html) According to the American CIA, he isn't the "so called" president -- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is the president.
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Because the extremist muslim ayatollahs who actually run Iran don't want a real democracy there, because they know they would lose their own power if there were.
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There are many reasons why Iran does not have a democracy that is similar to that of the USA. But an important reason is that, in 1953, the British and the Americans overthrew Dr. Mossadegh, a democratically elected leader. Then, they installed, supported, and armed the Shah of Iran, who ran a dictatorship that treated its opposition brutally. For more details, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran
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