The New York Times has called Iran’s form of government “undemocratic democracy” | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

News must be new but it needn’t be surprising. The decidedly unsurprising news out of Iran last week: There was an election (of sorts) and the winner was Hassan Rouhani, the incumbent president. An apparently mild-mannered cleric with a beatific smile, he has presided over Iran for four years – a period of egregious human rights…