scholarly journals Dream-Realities

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 148-162
Author(s):  
Sana Chavoshian
Keyword(s):  
Crucial Role ◽  
Iraq War ◽  
The State ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Islamic Republic ◽  
Intimate Connection ◽  
Islamic Republic Of Iran ◽  
The Government

Casting the fallen soldiers of the Iran-Iraq War (1980–1988) as ‘martyrs’ plays a crucial role in the legitimation discourse of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The government has succeeded in integrating many ‘martyr families’ into a state-revering political cult. This ethnographic study draws on theories of affect and atmosphere to investigate how practices around saintly dreams and their materialization in photographs and gravestones of martyrs have challenged the state narratives and discourses. I approach the veneration of martyrs through both affective and narrative sources and explore gravestones as new saintly localities. These localities are spaces of divinely intermediation with intimate connection to the transcendental realm. The multifaceted atmosphere of these sites offers nonconformist and heterogeneous entanglements in which dream-images of martyrs allow for the momentary subversion of the state’s political cult.

Cultural Policies and the Islamic Republic: Cinema and Book Publication

1997 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 509-530 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sussan Siavoshi
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
Regulatory Agencies ◽  
Islamic Republic ◽  
Cultural Policies ◽  
State And Society ◽  
Islamic Republic Of Iran ◽  
The Government ◽  
Iranian State ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Book Publication

The evolution of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the dynamics of the relationship between the Iranian state and society can be explored by examining the postrevolutionary regime's policies toward intellectuals, particularly as expressed in its regulation of cinema and book publication. This relationship—at least in the period from the early 1980s to the early 1990s—was complex and nuanced. Factionalism within the regime provided an opportunity for intellectuals to engage the state in a process of negotiation and protest, cooperation and defiance, in pushing the boundaries of permitted self-expression. The degree of their success depended in part on which faction controlled the government and its regulatory agencies during particular phases in the evolution of the postrevolutionary regime.

The Social Component of Resilience in the Islamic Republic of Iran: Utilizing Wartime Strategies to Solve Current Problems

2019 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 595-617
Author(s):  
Ronen A. Cohen ◽  
Eyal Lewin
Keyword(s):  
Iraq War ◽  
The State ◽  
Islamic Republic ◽  
Nuclear Program ◽  
Concise Review ◽  
Social Component ◽  
The Social ◽  
Islamic Republic Of Iran ◽  
Social Components

This article examines the social components of national resilience as the source of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s ability to cope with possibly lethal blows and economic setbacks through four stages: (I) an account of the 1980–1988 Iran–Iraq War and the surprising outcome that left Iran undefeated, (II) a review of several theories that can aid us to analyze Iran’s national resilience ability, (III) an analysis of Iran’s wartime survival using the abovementioned theoretical infrastructure, (IV) a concise review of current issues in Iranian society which concludes with an evaluation of the state of Iran’s resilience regarding attacks on their nuclear program and its ramifications.

scholarly journals Kritik Abdul Karim Soroush Atas Sistem Al-Faqih: Teks Agama, Interpretasi dan Demokrasi

FIKRAH ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 151
Author(s):  
Cahya Edi Setyawan
Keyword(s):  
Government Policy ◽  
The State ◽  
Islamic Republic ◽  
Religious Ideology ◽  
The Public ◽  
The People ◽  
The Status ◽  
Islamic Republic Of Iran ◽  
The Government ◽  
State Case

<span>Soroush criticized the concept of "al-faqih territory" embodied in the system of religious democracy in Iran. The concept gives Mullah and Ulama a sole authority. Al-faqih territory which means the leadership of a jihad is a form of Syiah politics that takes place in the Islamic Republic of Iran. The government policy in the name of "God's Voice" to punish a State case. According to Soroush, this is a misconception because the government just prioritizes the interests of the State and denies the public inspirations. On this basis, Soroush wants to give Iranians an understanding of religion more truthfully, so that the people are aware that Religion (text / revelation) and knowledge of theology is different. Soroush attempts at giving reconsideration of the status of "religious ideology" to the public in order to be able to criticize the concept of government in Iran that is "al-faqih territory".</span>

scholarly journals DEVELOPMENTS OF THE KURDISH QUESTION IN THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN

2018 ◽  
pp. 122-148
Author(s):  
VAHAN BAYBURDYAN
Keyword(s):  
Iraq War ◽  
Democratic Party ◽  
Economic Reforms ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Islamic Republic ◽  
Political Forces ◽  
Islamic Republic Of Iran ◽  
Iranian Government ◽  
The Government ◽  
Kurdish Question

After the 1979 Islamic revolution in Iran, the leaders of the Kurdish parties and organizations that had been in exile during the shah regime, returned to their motherland. One of the influential Kurdish parties, the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan brought forth the following slogan: “Democracy to Iran, autonomy to Kurdistan”. But this demand for autonomy was rejected by the Islamic regime and its leader Imam Khomeini with the argumentation that the idea of autonomy for small nations paved the way for separatism and segregation of Iran. Thus, the government brought forward the principle of the administrative and cultural so-called self-management of the regions populated by small nations. This was rejected by the Kurds and other small nations living in Iran. The negotiations between the Islamic regime and different Kurdish political forces brought no result and the confrontation between the two parties sometimes turned into armed clashes. During the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war the Iranian government wanted peace in the Iranian Kurdistan as this would guarantee a stable and secure rear under conditions of war. The article shows that there is no unity between the leaders of Kurdish society, they have quite different views concerning the needs of the Kurdish people and as a rule they represent political positions and objectives contradicting each other. Presently the Iranian authorities have adopted a policy of avoiding apparent clashes with the Kurds. The government makes social and economic reforms in the regions populated by Kurds, they build roads, create jobs, etc. Hassan Rouhani, the president of the Islamic Republic of Iran tries to demonstrate a policy of some liberalization in the Kurdish regions.

scholarly journals Prioritized list of health services in the Islamic Republic of Iran

2000 ◽  
Vol 6 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 367-371
Author(s):  
B. Larijani ◽  
O. Ameli ◽  
K. Alizadeh ◽  
S. R. Mirsharifi
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Cost Benefit Analysis ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Benefit Analysis ◽  
Islamic Republic ◽  
Therapeutic Procedures ◽  
Islamic Republic Of Iran ◽  
The Government

We aimed to provide a prioritized list of preventive, diagnostic and therapeutic procedures and their appropriate classification based on a cost-benefit analysis. Functional benchmarking was used to select a rationing model. Teams of qualified specialists working in community hospitals scored procedures from CPTTM according to their cost and benefit elements. The prioritized list of services model of Oregon, United States of America was selected as the functional benchmark. In contrast to its benchmark, our country’s prioritized list of services is primarily designed to help the government in policy-making with the rationing of health care resources, especially for hospitals

scholarly journals KHOMEINI’S POLITICAL-RELIGIOUS APPROACH OF THE ‘IRANIAN NATION’

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-54
Author(s):  
Bogdana Todorova
Keyword(s):  
Political Life ◽  
Islamic Republic ◽  
East Central ◽  
Transit Country ◽  
The Social ◽  
Islamic Republic Of Iran ◽  
Geographical Position ◽  
The Government ◽  
Democratic Principles ◽  
Main Influence

The geographical position of Iran as a transit country between the Middle East, Central Asia and Caucasus, makes the Islamic Republic of Iran a new geostrategic factor with main influence to the future of the Islamic world and international world system. The Welayat-e-Faqih imposes serious changes in the government and society. Renovation of Islamic dogmas and their adaptation to changing conditions of the social-political life is the challenge to the Shiite clergy, who firmly follow the practices established by Imam Khomeini. His revolution carries not only the spirit of the Iranian modernization but also the pathos of social democracy. The “Theo-democratic” government is based on both the Islamic and democratic principles, and it can be said that due to the ideas of Ayatollah Khomeini, a unique new project – the national-Iranian project is arguably developed. There are the three aims of this project: the territorial integrity, national sovereignty and national prosperity of the country, intended to protect Muslims and establish Islamic government based on the Shi’ite principles. The Islamic revolution is an important event worldwide. It makes us rethink the current relation religion – politics, giving the first serious notice of taking political power by Islam.

Shariah Punishments in the Islamic Republic of Iran

2019 ◽  
pp. 306-309
Author(s):  
Mohammad Hashim Kamali
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Law ◽  
Penal Code ◽  
Islamic Republic ◽  
Islamic Revolution ◽  
Islamic Republic Of Iran ◽  
Ayatollah Khomeini ◽  
The Government ◽  
Civil Laws

Iran’s experience of Islamic criminal law is closely connected with Ayatollah Khomeini and the Islamic Revolution of 1979. A new constitution and a set of criminal and civil laws were introduced in the early 1980s and eventually culminated in introduction of the Islamic Penal Code 2013. This chapter provides an overview of that code and its provisions on Islamic punishments, the controversies it has generated, and how the legislative bodies and the government took measures to address them.

scholarly journals Governance and Effective Management: Speed Management Demonstration Project, in the Islamic Republic of Iran

2021 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 40-50
Author(s):  
Lori Moren ◽  
Ray Shuey ◽  
Greg Chambers ◽  
Mansour Ranjbar ◽  
Christoph Hamelmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Road Safety ◽  
Motor Vehicle ◽  
Governance Structure ◽  
Demonstration Project ◽  
Collaborative Management ◽  
Islamic Republic ◽  
Speed Management ◽  
Islamic Republic Of Iran ◽  
Traffic Law Enforcement ◽  
The Government

The Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran (Iran) has embarked on a challenging project aiming to demonstrate how to make road travel safer through speed management measures based on Safe System Approach (SSA) and Result Based Management (RBM). This follows from mounting concern in curbing a high death rate from motor vehicle crashes in recent years. However, despite the Government’s commitment to address this problem, there have been setbacks owing to the challenges of putting in place a strong collaborative framework involving all the agencies charged with responsibilities for road engineering, traffic law enforcement and public education. Iran has established a National Road Safety Commission (NRSC) to lead and coordinate actions. In implementing a demonstration project, specific partnership arrangements have been established at national and provincial levels, as well as pillar-based project teams in 3 provinces. This paper examines the governance structure and opportunities to strengthen the collaborative management of the project and how similar programs can be established and executed in other countries to improve road safety based on SSA and RBM.

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