What is going on in Iran right now that is preventing democracy and not allowing them a powerful position in the world?
Graham Cromie , MA Politics & Human Rights, University of Essex (2013) "As the west demonstrates, the UK, US and much of Western Europe are ‘democracies’ in name but aren’t very democratic in practice. it’s the same problem. Elites control too much the levers of power, corruption is endemic at many levels and citizen engagement is at an all time low. Its probably the same issues in Iran. Everyone is fighting the same fight. We should all form a global coalition for anti-corruption and ethical good governance. that’s something that crosses borders and is truly universal, unlike just the western concept of ‘democracy promotion’." Zhang Dayu , PhD candidate Physics & Optics "First of all democracy has little to do with powerful. None of the world leader, ever, became powerful because of democracy or were democratic. What’s preventing democracy? I can think of three general reasons, from a pure outside perspective, I have