The Islamic Republic of Iran is not merely a dictatorship or that its merely repressive. If it is, then so is the mission. Int he mission, the mission president has authority to create rules as he pleases and feels according to his understanding of the scriptures and according to the spirit dictates, which can sometimes be by his “feelings”, or sometimes inspiritation. Either way, we follow him and support him. Thus, though we sometimes feel oppressed, we also support him as our religious leader and line of revelation for guidance from God, and any disobedience is harshly dealt with either by ejection from the mission or some other form of structural punishment. Of course, the punishment of disobedience in Islam is often death, but to them that is the way it should be (they still live a type of the law of Moses.) Are we repressed? No, because we choose our repression as the will of God. Is it a dictatorship? No, because it is the will of God and we support His callings.
Is this good or bad? Its only bad when we don’t live close to the spirit. The condition o fthe state of Islam and the state of a mission are directly correlated to a correct understanding of scripture and application of such. The success of an LDS mission by its president or Islam is by its Shia Clergy is based on its enlightnement through the scriptures that comes from a broken heart and a contrite spirit: thus the scriptures become refuge, and as we keep that attitude, we will see things as they truly are and as they truly should be.
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