Imam Khomeini’s Intellectual Foundations and Indicators of Political Action in the Arena of Domestic Policy

Document Type : Science - Research

Authors

1 Assistant professor, Department of Political Science, Payam-e-Noor University, Tehran, IRAN.

2 Associate professor, Department of Political Science, University of Tehran , Tehran, IRAN.

Abstract

Foundation and management of the newly established Islamic Republic of Iran system based on Imam Khomeini’s intellectual bases, including God-centeredness, obligation- centeredness attitudes, and association of religiosity and politics, gave rise to the formation of a specific model on the lofty religion of Islam by him. In Imam’s view, Islam does not ignore anything, and jurisprudence is the real and complete theory for the management of human and society from the cradle to the grave. On this basis, jurisprudence has useful and practical functions, which, due to its divine inspiration roots, holds power to detect the expedition and interest of the nation. In this way, in Imam’s practical stances during and after the formation of the Islamic government, the creation of political structures proportional to the Islamic commandments to supply the interests of the society is observed. In this writing, the experience of the managerial first decade in the establishment of the Islamic Republic of Iran period. It is possible to pose four indicators for Imam Khomeini’s political action including "giving shape to the political organization of the government," "compilation of the Constitution," "orientation and leadership of the holy defense" and "establishment of the Expediency Discernment Council" which shows the Islamic Republic Founder’s politics in the domestic arena.

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Contemporary Researches on Islamic Revolution
Volume 2, Issue 4
June 2020
Pages 67-86

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