Crisis Studies of the Islamic World

Crisis Studies of the Islamic World

The Crisis of Political Parties and the Position of the Islamic Republic Party in the Integration of Islamist Forces (at the beginning of the revolution 1379)

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
1 Department of Political Science, Rabat Karim Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 Department of Political Science, Rabat Karim Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract
This research aims to explain the role and position of the Islamic Republic Party in creating solidarity and unity among Islamist forces and the crisis of political parties at the beginning of the 1979 revolution. Using Huntington's approach, it examines the party's evolution in four stages: factionalism, bipolarization, expansion, and institutionalization. The main issue of the aforementioned article is: What role and position did the Islamic Republic Party have in uniting Islamist forces at the beginning of the 1979 revolution?  In this study, an attempt has been made to use content analysis (descriptive) method to investigate how the Islamic Republic Party, with its factional approach after the revolution and the presence of Islamic parties within it, witnessed the entry of its members into the executive-administrative cadre and the organization and integration of Islamist forces in the newly established system of the Islamic Republic of Iran at the beginning of the revolution. Given the power crisis in political parties, the presence of competing non-Islamic political parties in the early days of the revolution (such as leftist and rightist currents) was practically completely limited, leading to the integration of Islamist forces into the bureaucratic structure after the 1979 revolution.
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Volume 11, Issue 4 - Serial Number 35
Winter Quarterly
Winter 2025
Pages 1-27

  • Receive Date 12 August 2024
  • Revise Date 18 September 2024
  • Accept Date 17 October 2024