Madali
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1) I didn't say newspapers are 100% free to say whatever they said. I myself mentioned that there are certain restrictions (such as insulting the leader, making racist articles, having anti-islam commentary, etc). But I said we are probably free-er in certain things that people don't guess. One example I gave was criticizing the government & politicians (aside from Khameini or Khomeini). This is done a lot. I think in this we are probably (I'm guessing, I haven't done a media by media comparison) free-er than Turkey, in terms of criticizing the President. However, Turkey is probably more free in certain other aspects.
2) Let me use an example. We don't get to elect our doctors or judges or policeman, right? We don't get to personally vote on each law, right? We also don't get to vote on the decisions the leaders make, correct? Does that mean no country is democratic?
Of course not. Our votes don't directly affect every single decision. Our votes affect the big picture. We vote for a system. Iranians vote for 4 major positions,
1) President
2) Assembly of Experts
3) Parliament
4) City Council
Let's look at the fourth to have a better example. We don't get to directly vote for the Mayor of the city. The City Council chooses the Mayor. Is this undemocratic? No, I don't think so, because I and others choose the people that represent the city council who choose the mayor. If I don't like their choice, I will vote for others in the City Council.
It's the same thing in other aspects of the system.
