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Religion v Politics Iran is more comparable to a theocracy on the whole then many of the classical examples of this system of rule that exist e.g. Pakistan, Libya, Saudi Arabia, in which religious experts on the holy law have real policy influence. Iran was led by the Ayatollah Khomeini in the Islamic Revolution in 1979, he advocated a secular government constrained by a 'theocratic guardianship' (I. McLean, 1996, pg. 495) to prevent policy falling out of line with holy law. Thus, the post-revolutionary state and its theocrats had a distinct understanding of women's place in society and the Islamic Iranian Constitution placed them resolutely within the home. But Iranian women have rejected this designated role and have "insisted on their right to participate fully in the political destiny of the nation" (H. Afshar, 2002, pg. 109). Iranian women justify their modern understanding of Islam by the traditional method of...

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