also joining us is shabir risi, political commentator who joins us from chicago. welcome to you both fzadi, let me first start with you and i'm going to uh get right to the one of the most important aspects of this and that's democratic vote. i mean, if you want to take a look at the stats themselves, 40 elections held in iran since the victory of the islamic revolution, the friday vote is going to be the 12th one parliamentary election, and the sixth uh one for the assembly of experts and in terms of just the whole motion of this uh vote. taking place for members of parliaments, the assembly of experts, where the members of parliament are elected in multi and single seat constituencies, the list is rather long as to how this is democratic exercise, what do you say to the people who don't really look at it that way? i think people look at iran elections and realize there is democratic process, i think the people who question the elections, are generally associated with oppressive governments, united states for example, and political science we have this democratic