Political development in Iran after the Islamic revolution in the light of two

Mohammadi, معصومه; Maghsoudi, Mojtaba; Tohidfam, Mohammad

doi:10.22034/ipsa.2025.525

Political development in Iran after the Islamic revolution in the light of two "Iranian-Islamic" and "modern" discourses.

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

معصومه Mohammadi ¹

Mojtaba Maghsoudi ²

Mohammad Tohidfam ³

¹ Faculty of Political Science. Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran branch. Tehran. Iran

² Department of Political Science, Islamic Azad University. Central Tehran Branch. Tehran Iran

³ Professor of Political Science, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

https://doi.org/10.22034/ipsa.2025.525

Abstract

Political development in Iran is of great importance, but it seems that recognizing its harms and challenges and especially the relationship that political development has with cultural discourses and consequently examining Iranian-Islamic discourses and comparing them with modern discourses is far more important. It is more vital. This research aims to explain the contrast between the Iranian-Islamic discourse and the modern discourse and its impact on the political development of Iran after the revolution. In this regard, the main question of the research is why the political development in Iran after the Islamic revolution did not take place in the light of the Iranian-Islamic discourse and the modern discourse? In realizing and achieving this question, the hypothesis is raised that; In examining the Iranian-Islamic discourses ruling Iran after the Islamic Revolution, despite the capacities of acceleration and social and political mobilization, stability, and the decisive historical cooperation with the modern discourse; In the field of political development, due to reasons such as ideals, ideals, ideological foundations and different functions, they have not been able to achieve meaningful, continuous and deep coordination and cooperation in the process of political development. The current research is based on the qualitative method and its theoretical discussion is based on the theory of discourse analysis and the method of gathering information based on library and internet sources.

Keywords

Iranian-Islamic discourse

modern discourse

political development

Iran

Islamic revolution

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