Xiv irans political demographic and economic vulnerabilities political vulnerabilities despite the theocratic basis of its state iran is one of the more dem ocratic countries in the middle east the president and the majlis parliament are elected both men and women have the right to vote however iranian democracy is severely constrained. The united states should pursue a mixed strategy toward iran using a variety of means to promote favorable social developments within the country and at the same time exploiting vulnerabilities in the nations political economic and demographic conditions. This monograph assesses current political ethnic demographic and economic trends and vulnerabilities in iran for example the numbers of young people entering the iranian labor force are at an all time high. Request pdf irans political demographic and economic vulnerabilities iran is one of the most important us foreign policy concerns but is extraordinarily difficult to engage the authors