sawdust
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Iran was a secular democracy untill 1954 when we overthrew it, had we not installed the shah Islamists would never have come to power, they never enjoyed majority support under Mossadegh and the fact that they still have the rig elections would suggest that they still don´t to this day.
You've just made the point about why it's futile to try to install democracy in a country which doesn't have the ethical foundation to put power into the hands of the people.