The Political Economy of Iran and its Effects on the Requirements for Designing Iran's Sustainable Economic Development Pattern

The political economy of Iran has changed dramatically after the Islamic Revolution but in the absence of structural and functional conversions appropriate to this dramatic change, the country couldn’t reach to sustainable economic development. This research, based on Iran`s specific situation of political economy explains the requirements which are essential for policy making and designing the patterns for sustainable economic development and effective accumulation of capital in the national economy. The requirements will be considered with a pragmatic approach and based on specific theories which are Initial Accumulation of Capital, Social Structure of Accumulation, Institutionalism and Developmental State. By observing this requirements, without the necessity of an overall change in the macro-policies of the regime (as a difficult and time-consuming process) and by creating an endogenous accumulation, the Islamic Republic can move toward the sustainable economic development without increasing the direct interference of the government in national economy. The role of the government in this way will be limited to a multi-dimensional set up, developing the social structure of accumulation and financial intermediation.