Iran as Plato's Republic

Joshua Trevino points out that Khomeini's original conception of how the Iranian state was governed was to be governed was derived from Plato's Republic. This is not that surprising, the Shia clerical elite of Iran has been engaged in various innovations from the 18th century on.

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