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« on: March 22, 2009, 07:33:54 PM » |
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Not a huge surprise. You have to remember that the Revolution was not, in its origins, intended to install a theocratic regime. In fact, many of the most prominent supporters of the Revolution were Marxists and other leftists in Iran who opposed the Shah and the US and allied with clerical forces. There were also a lot of mainline moderate democrats who supported the Revolution. The clerical faction managed to win out in the ensuing power struggle between democratic, Marxist and theocratic forces, but the Revolution was not religious.
The regime is also quite unpopular. I imagine having an unpopular theocratic rule makes you less inclined to be religious--except as a formality as necessary to survive in the society.
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