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This chapter presents an analysis of the political and electoral system of the Islamic Republic of Iran with the aim to draw light to the debate on the nature of the regime type and the functions of elections in such kind of regimes.
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Zaccara, L. (2014). Elections and Authoritarianism in the Islamic Republic of Iran. In: Hamad, M., al-Anani, K. (eds) Elections and Democratization in the Middle East. Elections, Voting, Technology. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137299253_8
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