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Originally Posted by pocketkangaroo
I don't see how they will evolve without a government setup like ours. Almost all the major changes in civil issues have been brought on by courts or public opinion. Countries in the Middle East don't operate that way, and the people are at the mercy of the decisions made by the people running it.
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Like the US, Iran is a representative democracy. In the end the laws exist because they are the will of the majority. The US has the luxury of a separate court system and constitution that can overrule the government and protect minority rights, but other than that the government setup isn't so different. In most middle eastern countries it's religion that keeps them in check instead of the courts, that's where the big difference is.