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Thanks for stating the obvious

Iran's constitution, which gives the Supreme Leader such broad unelected powers, is the second Constitution after the revolution in 1979, and was put in place after Khomeini died (so he could not object to it), without any referendum or free vote.

This is the single-most outrageous and blatant theft of the freedom of Iranians, in history.

Not only did this act (which can be argued was illegally done), place the SL above any doubt as the full dictator of Iran, but it also took out the original amendment procedures and ways and rules by which the constitution could be changed through majority vote of parliament.

This double betrayal, showed the true contempt that this leadership has for free will, and free choice, and illustrates precisely how evil their intentions towards stifling the slightest individual freedoms are.

Further, to protect their theft, this 2nd shadow constitution was declared a "Perfect Document", making any attempt to change it illegal and anti-revolution, which is of course punishable by death.

So this explains why Iran never changes. It can't. Anyone attempting to even suggest changing the constitution to take away the SL's powers is breaking the highest law.

The ONLY way Iran can change is through a compete utter breakdown of the status quo, in which the top echelon resigns en-masse, or is overthrown by a forceful (but hopefully peaceful) coup of some internal sort, in which the top regime folds us and caves in.

But of course, there is no indication that this is going to happen, and the strength of the constitution will only be tested when Khamenei decides to step down. One day. If he does. There is nothing in the current law that forces him to do so. Even if he is dead.

If the council folds when Khamenei dies, then completely new rules for fixing the constitution will need to be put into place, possibly the ones that were taken out originally, but there are no procedures for doing this. So the council that replaces this one, and the SL that replaces Khamenei, will need to, as their last act, define the temporary rules that defy the current constitution, allowing a new constitutional amendment process to be put back into play, and essentially "GIVE" Iranians the freedom that they originally had in 1979.

But with the crop of mollahs being churned out in Iran, and the likely dastardly plans for succession that Khamenei is no doubt hatching in his fuzzy white headed noggin, this isn't likely to happen either. The power that the SL has is too much to resist.

Which brings me to the Green (non)movement and it's strange absence in the wake of all this freedom, that is being so liberally spread across "the region".

Talk about caving in!

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