The Sociology of Political Conflicts in Iran

Political conflict is a significant topic in political sociology، and different researchers have paid attention to various factors of the formation of these conflicts. The main purpose of this paper is to explain the sociological origins of political conflict in Iran after the presidential election in 2009. The paper uses sociological theories and examines political culture، social cleavages and political institutions in Iran and their impacts on political conflict after the presidential election in 2009. The results indicate that weakness of political institutions in Iran yielded by weakness of political parties، formation of social cleavages، depth of these cleavages، their condense، their ideological and identity dimension، inclination towards the state، and finally the political culture of elite in Iran has an effective role in formation of political conflicts in 2009