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2004 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 338-340
Author(s):  
PAUL L. HECK
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
The State ◽  
Islamic Republic ◽  
Political Studies

The Shi‘i State and the Socioeconomic Challenges of the Sunni Communities in Iran

2019 ◽  
pp. 87-114
Author(s):  
Afshin Shahi ◽  
Ehsan Abdoh-Tabrizi
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Middle East ◽  
The State ◽  
Islamic Republic ◽  
Pluralistic Approach ◽  
Pahlavi Dynasty ◽  
Diverse Nations ◽  
Socioeconomic Challenges

Although Iran is one of the most diverse nations in the Middle East, the state historically has been reluctant to adapt a pluralistic approach to both socio-political and economic development. This chapter focuses on the Sunni population in Iran, which is often overlooked in studies dealing with state-minority relations in Iran. It examines the socio-economic challenges of the Sunni population under both the Pahlavi dynasty and the Islamic Republic. Although the Islamic Republic based its ideology both on redistribution of wealth and empowerment of the impoverished, the ethnic Sunni Iranians who lived in the most impoverished regions of the country received very little attention from the new post-revolutionary order.

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