Supreme Leader: How the Iranian government really works

In Iran the Supreme Leader is Khamenei and he has more power then the President and the 12 clergy.

The Supreme Leader has the final say on everything because he is supposedly the messenger of god. Even if people disagree with what he says, it makes no difference. It is believed that Khamenei, the messenger of God, knows better and is wiser.

For example, Khamenei has decided that "Street challenges [to the election] are not acceptable". It doesn't matter if thousands of people are questioning the vote count because Khamenei's word is the final word. It prevails over everything else.

This is the problem with this government setup is that they constantly pretend that they run as a democracy. The truth is that Khamenei has the final say over the President who is elected. This means the Supreme Leader Khamenei can do whatever he wants.