Abolished in 2017, the 1876 law let authorities ban plays, arrest performers, and seize props if deemed seditious, obscene, or anti-government, curbing artistic freedom for decades.
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.
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