New York – Even before the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, decided to throttle what little legitimacy was left of Iran’s “managed democracy,” it was a peculiar system, indeed. Although Iranian citizens had the right to elect their president, the candidates had to be vetted by the Council of Guardians, half of whom were picked by the unelected Supreme Leader.
纽约­——即使在最高领袖阿亚图拉·阿里·哈梅内伊决定压制伊朗“受管理的民主”所剩无几的合法性之前，它实际上也是一种特殊的体制。虽然伊朗公民有权选举他们的总统，但是候选人却必须接受宪法监护委员会的审查。这个组织的半数成员是由不经选举产生的最高领袖来挑选的。