The model of the political party in Islamic Governance from the perspective of Ayatollah Khamenei

Document Type : Political sociology of Iran

Authors

1 Researcher of Political Marketing Core of Imam Sadegh (AS) University Growth Center

2 Associate Professor, Imam Sadeq University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

The present study seeks to analyze the phenomenon of partisanship in Islamic Governance in the thought of Ayatollah Khamenei in order to answer the question of what quality the model of a political party has from his point of view. In order to reach a comprehensive model, the authors focused on model studies and extracted and adopted a seven-faceted model that includes foundations, factors, goals, types, components, mechanisms and functions for the current research. This model has been completed and compiled by applying the theme analysis method. The findings of the research show that Ayatollah Khamenei firstly agrees with the principle of party formation and activity, and secondly, he assigns different types of parties, and among these types, he considers a party that can help the Islamic state to be essential. Also, he considers the purpose of the party to be primarily to serve the people and to reach power as a Follow-up result of other party goals and functions. Ayatollah Khamenei enumerates various functions for the party, which have a direct relationship with the principles and goals of the party, so cultural and spiritual functions are completely dominant over the functions of gaining power. In the end, it can be concluded that Ayatollah Khamenei prescribes a model of a democratic and Islam-oriented party for Islamic Governance that has no alternative in the activism scene of contemporary Iran.

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Volume 10, Issue 4
February 2025
Pages 77-43
  • Receive Date: 26 January 2025
  • Revise Date: 28 January 2025
  • Accept Date: 29 January 2025
  • Publish Date: 19 February 2025