it's a shithole

Syria?

All shitholes.

oh the iranian revolution

Really

It always has been

Really? A fucking theocracy?

yeah

Iranian revolution was taken over by the priesthood lol

as I said

totally unpredictable outcomes

A theocratic dictatorship.

it's a theocratic republic

Good stuff.

YEah, with a supreme leader with power to veto everything including elected presidents.

Love a bit of authoritarianism

If you want sudden change of power at least go for a coup, not a revolution

much less damage, much more efficient

he doesn't have the power to veto everything

Yes or diplomacy

The Ayatollah is the ultimate authority on the interpretation of the Sharia, thus he functions kinda like the US Supreme Court, but the constitution can never be changed.

the guardian council is the equivalent of the supreme court

Is it?

Supreme leader has the power to decide on everything, he has power above the president and over the three branches. And he serves for life.

That's a king

I thought the Ayatollahs did the interpretation of weather or not a given law or practice is consistent with Islam, and the Supreme Ayatollah was the ultimate authority on that, if there was scholarly conflict.

He has sacked ministers before.

it's the body in charge of interpreting the constitution and it also forms a quasi-upper house

12 members, 6 appointed by parliament and 6 by the supreme leader with 3/4ths majority required for constitutional interpretation

Does it have the ability to proclaim that eating pork is OK?

i dunno if they have de jure ability to do that but it would probably never happen

I'm asking in theory

because I'm pretty sure the answer is no

regardless of verisimilitude

of the scenario

the republic is Islamic for a reason

The law is not allowed to go against the tenants of Islam

and those are interpreted by the Ayatollahs

The republic only functions in as much as the priesthood says it can

If the best example of a post revolutionary government is Iran, im not impressed.

I'm not sure about the actual power relations on the ground