Is Iran A Totalitarian State?
An Iranian painter, stands while working on a mural depicting late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, ahead of March 2 parliamentary elections, in downtown Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012. More than 3,400 candidates are allowed by the hard-line constitutional watchdog, the Guardian Council, to run in the elections, while the country's major reformist groups are staying out of the race, claiming that basic requirements for free and fair elections have not been met. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
An Iranian painter, stands while working on a mural depicting late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, ahead of March 2 parliamentary elections, in downtown Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012. More than 3,400 candidates are allowed by the hard-line constitutional watchdog, the Guardian Council, to run in the elections, while the country's major reformist groups are staying out of the race, claiming that basic requirements for free and fair elections have not been met. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

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