| Today, social forces play a significant role in shifting political power. The small role of social forces in the
transfer of political power after the Iranian Constitutional Revolution in 1907, even in the era of the Islamic
Republic, has attracted the attention of political scientists, especially political sociologists. The study of why the
role of social forces in the transfer of political power is dim is of special scientific and social necessity and
importance. A study whose result can be effective in consolidating a religious democracy of its kind. The
research method is library. Research findings; there is a significant relationship between the failure of social
forces in the transfer of political power and the prevailing political culture and the immutability of social forces
from the theory of Velayat-e-Faqih. Conclusion; Iranian social forces, regardless of the theoretical foundations
of the rule of the Islamic Republic, are seeking to play a role in the transfer of power. The pattern of social
forces desired by political rule is also unclear. The purpose of this article is to study the causes and
dysfunctional factors of social forces in the transfer of political power in the period of different political systems
in the contemporary history of Iran with a focus on the era of the Islamic Republic. |