Humanities & Social Sciences 3 (2015 8) 387-400 ~ ~ ~ УДК 321.7(55) What is Theocratic Democracy: a Case Study of Iranian Political System Syed Raheem Abbasa b and Muhammad Asimb a * College Bhakkar Pakistan College Asghar Mall, Rawalpindi Pakistan Received 13.11.2014, received in revised form 13.01.2015, accepted 16.02.2015 Democracy is a preferred and famous political mode of governing the society in all over the world. <...> It has several types according to the nature and environment of the demography. <...> In theocratic societies, democracy is really a debatable issue. <...> As Europe had experienced serious role of Church, Muslims were still demanding for governing under Islamic rules. <...> But, the problem is, every sect defi ne its own Islamic Political System. <...> This article presented defi nition and history of the democracy, its types and its role in the theocratic societies. <...> Christian and Muslim societies are also discussed here. <...> Iranian political system which is a modern democratic system under the theocratic structure is a case study of this article which is working successfully since the Revolution of 1979. <...> Hypothesis Iranian political system is a successful governing system which is totally relevant to the Quran and Sunnah, and not only acceptable for Muslims theocratic societies but it can be practiced in any theocratic society in all over the world. <...> All rights reserved * Corresponding author E-mail address: raheemabbas786@gmail.com, asimsheikh62@yahoo.com # 387 # and personal visit of Iran in which attending several seminars, workshops and training classes including visiting several universities and Research Centers in Qom and Tehran. <...> What are the advantages, where Syed Raheem Abbas and Muhammad Asim. <...> Democracy is a system of government in which people decide issues as a group. <...> The roots of democracy can be traced back from the ancient Greece.(K.Rai, 2000, p. 412) According to Prof. <...> Seely; “Democracy provides a form of government in which there is every citizen’s participation in the government affairs”.(Haque, 1994, p. 292) Lord Bryce says that “In a democratic the rights to rule does not belong government to any specifi c class, rather all individuals <...>