> You show a complete lack of of understanding of the power structure of Iran and the history of the revolution. No, what you seem to be trying to do is claim

> You show a complete lack of of understanding of the power structure of Iran and the history of the revolution. No, what you seem to be trying to do is claim that because the regime that is the result of the Revolution did not deliver on all of its promises when the Revolution started, it is somehow a different regime? Politicians often don't fulfill their promises. Does that make them different? Liars, deceptive manipulators maybe, but they're still them. The reason they were even able to consolidate power was as a result of the revolution that put them there, which is separate from if they delivered on it. You wouldn't claim that Barack Obama is some different president, or an illegitimate one, because he did not deliver on all of his campaign promises would you? > You link is laughable - Vietnam, Thailand, Jordan, Afghanistan, Ethiopia are all listed in that chart and none of them are dictatorships. They're not exactly 'free' countries, are they now? Authoritarian countries would be a better title for you perhaps? > So an attorney, actor, radio commentator and disk jockey compiled some images from social media and "the internet." Brilliant. Perhaps you might read more critically. This is based on the Freedom House report of non free countries, it's not some data that the author of the piece made up. In fact there are other reports about it, this is literally just the first link I grabbed.