Clericalism in Iran

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Ideologies Authoritarian Monarchism Pahlavism National Deviant current Religious Qutbism Shia Islamism Fundamentalism Khomeinism Principlist Ultra
Principles Anti-communism Anti-MEK Authority Duty Elitism Familialism Hierarchy Iranian culture Law and order Militarism Pan-Iranism Patriotism Social order Tradition Principlist groups Anti-imperialism American Zionist Anti-LGBTQ sentiment Clericalism Islamic culture Jihad Shia Jihadism Palestinianism Protectionism Public morality Reactionary Republicanism Self-sustainability Sex segregation Compulsory veiling Sharia Sovereigntism Theocracy Twelver Shi'ism Vilayat Faqih Ummah Monarchist groups (pre-1979) Anti-clericalism Anti-Islamism Anti-socialism "Great Civilization" Imperialism Iranian nationalism Persian Land reform Pro-Americanism Royalism Qajar dynasty Pahlavi dynasty Secular state Westernization
History Safavid conversion to Shia Islam 1953 coup d'état White Revolution Islamic Revolution Cultural Revolution 1981–1982 Iran massacres 1988 executions of Iranian political prisoners Appointment of Ali Khamenei Axis of Resistance Resistance economy 2026 Iran massacres
Intellectuals Amoli Fardid Khalkhali Khomeini Modarres Motahhari Nasr Safavi Tabataba'i Principlists Abbasi Alamolhoda Larijani (Ali) Larijani (Sadiq) Rezai Velayati Yazdi Monarchists (pre-1979) Homayoon Hoveyda
Politicians Kashani Larijani (Ali) Modarres Naser al-Din Nouri Pahlavi II Safavi Tabataba'i Supreme Leaders Khomeini Khamenei (Ali) Khamenei (Mojtaba) Principlists Ahmadinejad Arafi Asgaroladi Ghalibaf Ghazizadeh Jalili Jannati Larijani (Sadiq) Mohseni-Eje'i Mojtahedzadeh Pourmohammadi Raisi Rezaee Shamkhani Soleimani Zakani Monarchists (pre-1979) Hoveyda (Amir-Abbas) Hoveyda (Fereydoon) Mansur Pahlavi I Pahlavi II
Commentators Taheri Principlists Marandi Raefipour Shariatmadari Talebzadeh Monarchists (pre-1979) Jafarian
Literature Islamic Government (1970)
Parties Active Executives of Construction Party Front of Islamic Revolution Stability Islamic Coalition Party Society of Devotees of the Islamic Revolution Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom Voice of the Nation YEKTA Front Defunct Coalition of the Pleasant Scent of Servitude Iran Novin Party Iran-e-No Party Islamic Republican Party Learned Council Moderates Party National Will Party Nationalists' Party Progress Party Rastakhiz Party Reformers' Party
Alliances Principlists Grand Coalition
Organisations Principlists Center for Borderless Security Doctrinal Analysis Combatant Clergy Association Hojjatie Society Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Basij Mostazafan Foundation Monarchists (pre-1979) SAVAK Other Restart
Media Principlists Abrar Ettela'at Islamic Republican Kayhan Partow-e Sokhan Press TV Rajanews Resalat Vatan-e-Emrooz Yalasarat Monarchist groups (pre-1979) Ettelaat-e Banuvan Ettela'at Journal de Téhéran Kayhan NIRT Zan-e Ruz
Related topics Anti-national sentiment Arab British Jewish Kurdish Western Death to America Death to Israel Fascism in Iran Islamofascism Greater Iran Islam in Iran Judicial system Nuclear program of Iran Politics of Iran Anarchism Liberalism Socialism Religious discrimination Atheism Baháʼís Christianity Sunni Islam Shia crescent
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Clericalism in Iran has a long history that has impacted on Iranian society and politics. Some scholars believe that clerical ideology began to take hold 1000 years ago.