Iranian presidential elections

I have said this before: those elections are perceived differently in the Middle East than they are here.  In the US, they are compared to Swedish elections why in the Middle East they are judged relatively, notwithstanding the constraints placed upon them by the lousy Wilayat Al-Faqih system of government.  People notice that elections results are not known in advance, and that can't be said even about presidential elections in Lebanon.  From 1943, when Lebanon gained nominal independence, results of presidential elections were known in advance--well in advance--in all elections except that in 1970 when Franjiyyah won with one vote advantage (in Lebanon, presidents are elected indirectly by the Lebanese parliament to facilitate bribery).