http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2017/05/irans_election_a_political_earthquake_with_seismic_waves_for_the_region.html#ixzz4gHZP4H7Z

Officials in the Iranian regime have, from time to time, defined their regime as, "if the whole Iranian populace have one position and the Supreme Leader has another, it is the word of the Supreme Leader that will be taken as the fact, and not that of the people.” This attitude describes a dictatorial system of rule, a relic of the Dark Ages that rule Iran today. In the ayatollahs’ dictionary, people are defined as without rights or voice.