Iran a theocracy?

A theocracy is a form of government in which God is recognized as the supreme civil ruler. What if God does not exist? Is the theocracy a sham? What if God exists? How does he or she ( the she would not sit well with an Islamic theocracy) rule? Through a supreme mortal of course.

To be supreme and a mortal at the same time would indicate a ruler not to be challenged. What if he is challenged? As one cleric in Iran put it " leaders of the demonstrations could be executed".

A blasphemous statement! A statement in severe conflict with clerics proclaiming "God is good" . Clerics speak in the name of God. If God calls for execution , God is not good. If God is not good then there is no God. If there is no God , there can be no theocracy.

Thus the Iranian Islamic Republic is not a theocracy! Iran is not a republic. Iran is a totalitarian state governed by a dictator.

How do you deal with a dictatorship which proclaims to have a direct line to a supreme being? Very gingerly.