Looks like a nail-biter. The BBC posted a helpful chart to help us non-Iranians get a grip on how the country is ruled:



So does it make any difference who wins?

What a wonderful idea for a thread.

Entirely my bad, missed it. If some mod could kindly merge the two or just delete this one ...

No problem, I completely agree. I'm on the edge of my seat after the European and Lebanese elections.

Yes and No,

the veto process and influence of Supreme Leader are huge, but there is still a 'reformist' candidate allowed to stand.

The Supreme Leader cannot completely ignore an elected official, and in the past PM's have made policy changes against his (alleged) will.

It also makes a change to see so many people voting, if only the West valued the right to vote so highly... [insert relevant smiley]

It is called apathy due to lack of a real democracy.

This terrible outbreak of Lemur's Disease has now been quarantined.