Read the paragraph.Iran is ruled by a supreme leader. The supreme leader directs the executive branch, the court system, the military, and is the religious authority in Iran. The supreme leader runs the country with the assistance of 2,000 clerics, or religious leaders. Clerics also make up the Assembly of Experts, whose role is to elect the supreme leader, and the Council of Guardians, which approves all bills passed by the government.
The paragraph describes a government led by a supreme leader who is also the country’s religious authority, with clerics helping govern and approve laws. A government in which religious leaders or religious authority hold political power is a theocracy. Therefore, the correct choice is theocracy.
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