Politics

Iran criticized for being like the US.

"Iran's election overseers removed potential wildcard candidates from the presidential race Tuesday, blocking a top aide of outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and a former president who revived hopes of reformers.Their exclusion from the June 14 presidential ballot gives establishment-friendly candidates a clear path to succeed Ahmadinejad, who has lost favor with the ruling clerics after years of power struggles."

That sounds pretty much exactly like corrupt US primaries. Like they always say, if voting changed anything, they would make it illegal.