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Australian Senator Fatima Payman describing Iran as an “incredible place for women to take part in the democratic process” is like saying that Nazi germany was an incredible place for women because it also allowed women to participate in Naziism. The role of women in the IRGC is hijab enforcement, meaning what they are responsible for is targeting, identifying, and arresting women who violate mandatory hijab laws and bringing them to “justice,” which means being flogged. Further, there is no “democracy” in Iran. Iran is under a system called Velayate Faqhi, which essentially vests in the Supreme Leader absolute power over the state. This is antithetical to democracy. To the extent that any perceptions of democracy exist—such as sham elections or a sham parliamentary system—these are to give the illusion that power exists in anyone other than the Supreme leader, who chooses two candidates he approves of and “allows” constituents to “vote” for which of the two they prefer. If it’s such an amazing place for women, why is it that the women of Iran disagree and the entire nation seeks to overthrow the regime?