> This is the case in almost all parliamentary democracies. Iran _wasn't_ a parliamentary democracy at the time. It was a constitutional monarchy where an unel

> This is the case in almost all parliamentary democracies. Iran _wasn't_ a parliamentary democracy at the time. It was a constitutional monarchy where an unelected monarch wielded significant political power. As I noted, he had just had the constitution changed a few years prior to increase the political powers granted to him (against U.S. objections, it should be noted).