While the world watches in bewilderment the intensity of the protest and the violence of the repression in Iran’s post-electoral turmoil, we are (re-)discovering the idiosyncrasies of the Islamic Republic’s constitution. Its dual structure subordinates the democratic, electoral structure to  the dominant, theocratic hierarchy. Elections (showcasing an appearance of democracy in this case) operate within an overall mollah-ruled system. The people’s elected rulers are, in their turn, ruled by the interpreters of the divine law, to whom they must turn for legitimisation.