Description
Occurrence of the Islamic Revolution in Iran (1979) made widespread changes in the structure of the
old regime. These changes were not merely in some institutions and structures but rather included the
composition of new social forces. Direct participation of Iranian people in polity, start of development and
industrialization programs, some social freedoms, spread of collective media, development of an education
system and international relations are the most important factors which affected the structures
and the social forces after the Islamic revolution. These factors led to the formation of state as a political
system to face new challenges. On the other hand, social forces had new requests to one of the
main divisions of social forces was a “new middle class” which was formed in the process of modernization
after the Iran-Iraq war. Today, for grasping and understanding the political development after
the revolution, attention should be paid to the role of this class and its relation with the state. The points
at which social forces and state conjunct to each other are presidential and parliament elections. In my
article, the role and demands of social forces are mentioned and also challenges of the state in this new
condition will be analysed.
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