Every government needs authority in addition to force and power for its survival. Legitimacy is the guarantor of the government's authority and legitimizes the right to command and forbid the rulers and the necessity of obeying them. Relying solely on military power, without the support of legitimacy, is not possible in the long term. The political systems that rule Iran have also relied on the support of legitimacy and have relied on reasons to legitimize and justify their rule and rule. This article seeks to analyze the developments of legitimacy, find its turning points and the similarities and differences in the perception of legitimacy in Iranian governments from the Achaemenid Empire to the Islamic Revolution. Therefore, by referring to historical documents and using the method of qualitative content analysis, the main changes in the legitimacy of the political system and its ups and downs in Iran from the ancient period until now will be expressed. In the end, it becomes clear that the governments ruling Iran from the ancient times to the Islamic revolution - except for the Pahlavi dynasty - have relied on the divine theory of legitimacy, and despite all their differences, they have this in common.
khalili, A. (2024). Analyzing political legitimacy in Iranian governments; From the Achaemenids to the Islamic Revolution. State Studies of Contemporary Iran, 10(2), -.
MLA
Ali khalili. "Analyzing political legitimacy in Iranian governments; From the Achaemenids to the Islamic Revolution". State Studies of Contemporary Iran, 10, 2, 2024, -.
HARVARD
khalili, A. (2024). 'Analyzing political legitimacy in Iranian governments; From the Achaemenids to the Islamic Revolution', State Studies of Contemporary Iran, 10(2), pp. -.
VANCOUVER
khalili, A. Analyzing political legitimacy in Iranian governments; From the Achaemenids to the Islamic Revolution. State Studies of Contemporary Iran, 2024; 10(2): -.
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