Iran FRQs

1. Define political legitimacy. Describe one source of political legitimacy for the office of the president in Russia. Describe a different source of political legitimacy for the office of the supreme leader in Iran. 
   
   2.  Identify the institution in Iran that controls which candidates can run for the Majles. Describe how this institution controls the selection process. Explain how the candidate selection process influences electoral competition. 
   
   
   
   3.  Political competition and transparency are key concepts that political scientists use when evaluating political systems.
   

   1. (a)  Describe political competition, and describe transparency in the context of politics.
      
   2. (b)  Explain the function of Iran’s Guardian Council in the electoral process. Explain the function of Mexico’s Institute of Federal Elections (IFE) in the electoral process.
      
   3. (c)  Compare transparency in the electoral process in post-1979 Iran with transparency in the electoral process in post-1985 Mexico.
      
   4. (d)  Compare political competition in the electoral process in post-1979 Iran with political competition in the electoral process in post-1985 Mexico.