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Re:Kazakh president’s home ablaze as protests escalate by badRNG on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @01:25PM (#29812889)
This glosses over the historical context of the Iranian revolution. Iran's leftist, democratically-elected prime minister (who nationalized the oil fields in 1951 that were originally taken by British Petroleum) was overthrown for a West-backed dictatorship in Iran in 1953 that lead to the mass killings of leftists and pro-democracy advocates. The 1979 revolution led to the restoration of elections.

Good writeup here: https://www.npr.org/2019/01/31/690363402/how-the-cia-overthr...

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Re:Kazakh president’s home ablaze as protests escalate by inglor_cz on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @02:29PM (#29813706)
"The 1979 revolution led to the restoration of elections."

Elections where candidates are extensively vetoed by the clergy before being allowed (or not) to run. Even if the population wanted to reduce the role of religion in politics, it isn't allowed to elect people whom the clergy deems too secular.

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Re:Kazakh president’s home ablaze as protests escalate by kortilla on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @05:26PM (#29815987)
“Restoration of elections” in the same sense as Russia’s elections.
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