Sociological Analysis of Iranian Oil Industry Nationalization Movement

The goal of this paper is to analyze Iranian Oil Industry Nationalization Movement upon sociological concepts to offer a pattern from social changes. The analysis was done using library resources by an analytical and comparative method, and by a Weberian approach, and by emphasis on views of Guy Roche, Jean Meynaud, Alain Touraine, and C. Wright Mills, and referring to some historical references. It was found that Iranian Oil Industry Nationalization Movement was a social movement theoretically, and was a part of the decolonization process, in that anormal social, cultural, economical and political conditions, by leadership of some elites such as Dr. Mossadegh and Ayattolah Kashani, by support of pressure groups, and by rely on religious-nationalistic ideology. In these conditions, it has obtained principles like identification, opposition and generalization, realized functions like mediation and consciousness promotion, and finally won on Mar. 20, 1950.