Endogenous Factors Reducing the Acceleration of the Evolution of the Islamic Revolution in the First Step

The Islamic Revolution of Iran, as the Supreme Leader pointed out in the statement of the second step, with all its progress and achievements, in the first step, it also faced internal problems and obstacles, which faced its development with various challenges. This study tries to answer the question that what are the dimensions, components and concepts of the endogenous factors that reduce the acceleration of the evolution of the Islamic Revolution in the first step? The research method is data-based and the statistical population is dedicated to the full text of the second step statement. The sample size includes sections of the statement in which the Supreme Leader lists the country's internal problems and obstacles in the first step. The method of data collection, library and research tools is filing. 84 data were extracted from endogenous factors that reduce the acceleration of the Islamic Revolution. The results of three-stage open, axial and selective coding led to the extraction of 25 concepts, 12 components and 4 dimensions. Findings show that the importance of key endogenous dimensions that reduce the acceleration of the Islamic Revolution, including "multifaceted internal problems and weaknesses", "management weakness of some officials", "the existence of seditions, deceived and internal influences" and "Unused opportunities and capacities are material, human and economic". Also, the most important research components include "wrong performance and managerial weaknesses of officials in running the country", "weak economy and national incomes in the country", "weak will and negligence of some corrupt officials from the ideals of the revolution" and "weakness in some scientific fields and independence".