Author Question: Which of the following about the recent 2013 presidential elections is CORRECT? a. The Leader ... (Read 55 times)

luvbio · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

Which of the following about the recent 2013 presidential elections is CORRECT?

a. The Leader refused to back the conservative candidates ensuring the Revolutionary Guards and conservative clerical institutions would not interfere with the elections.
b. Rouhani ran a platform emphasizing that Iran should not compromise on its foreign policy stances, including its nuclear program.
c. Massive uprisings occurred after the election, protesting the unfair nature of Iranian elections.
d. Rouhani became the first non-cleric president to lead Iran in twenty four years.
e. A hardline conservative, Rouhani ran on a populist platform including the need to provide a monthly stipend to Iran's citizens.

Question 2

How does your textbook characterize the relationship of Iran's clerics with its most sensitive ministries?

a. While the leaders of these ministries appear to be highly trained technocrats, they are fairly powerless individuals dependent on a powerful clergy.
b. The clergy clearly dominates Iran's bureaucracy, with clerical members controlling not only the top cabinet positions but the clear majority of subordinate positions within them.
c. The clergy is prevented from holding cabinet positions in these ministries, although they dominate and control the rest of Iran's ministries.
d. Iran's clerics are confined to working for only these five ministries and they are clearly subordinate to the ministers of these cabinet departments.
e. The clergy is not allowed to work in any of these ministries or the rest of Iran's bureaucracy.