University of Tehran POLITICAL QUARTERLY 1735-9678 45 1 2015 03 21 THE PROCESS OF POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT IN ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN THE PROCESS OF POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT IN ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN 103 123 54426 10.22059/jpq.2015.54426 FA Mohammad Shafieefar Assistant Professor, Political Science Department, University of Tehran, Iran Journal Article 2014 10 06 In indevelopment Countries, revolution has been considered as a means of achieving<br />development. Therefore, from the perspective of political development, the<br />questions are “what is the achievements of the Islamic Revolution and the IRI?” and<br />“what policies and programs applied to achieve the political development?” The<br />findings of this study show that after the establishment of the Islamic Republic and<br />the consolidation of representative institutions, government programs and policies in<br />line with political developments have had a different orientation. The theoretical<br />framework of this paper is that of Lucian Pye’s extremely realistic approach,<br />recognizes the political situation in the country after reaching a certain pleasant<br />aspects of the syndrome that represent modernity and the political development. In<br />this approach, the political development is to increase the capacity of the political<br />system in the face of difficulties and challenges. In indevelopment Countries, revolution has been considered as a means of achieving<br />development. Therefore, from the perspective of political development, the<br />questions are “what is the achievements of the Islamic Revolution and the IRI?” and<br />“what policies and programs applied to achieve the political development?” The<br />findings of this study show that after the establishment of the Islamic Republic and<br />the consolidation of representative institutions, government programs and policies in<br />line with political developments have had a different orientation. The theoretical<br />framework of this paper is that of Lucian Pye’s extremely realistic approach,<br />recognizes the political situation in the country after reaching a certain pleasant<br />aspects of the syndrome that represent modernity and the political development. In<br />this approach, the political development is to increase the capacity of the political<br />system in the face of difficulties and challenges. https://jpq.ut.ac.ir/article_54426_14cec2b0b071bddf0504ee5fbefd91e9.pdf