Justice Discursive Change in Iran: A Case Study of Ahmadinajad and Rouhani Governments

The subject of this research is the extraction of the elements of the discourse of justice in Ahmadinejad and Rouhani, based on the discourse analysis by Laclau and Mouffe (1985), as well as the study of the dimensions of justice in the three dimensions of economic, social-cultural and political affairs in the abovementioned governments. The basis of the review and analysis of discourse in this study is presidential speeches, the main regulatory bills of the two governments, including bills of five-year development plans, official government reports and executive actions of the governments under review. According to studies, "supporting the lower masses" is the nodal point of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's government discourse and "moderation and development" as the nodal point of the government's discourse, Hassan Rouhani. These two discourses are from a higher perspective as two different scores or readings different from the discourse of the Islamic Revolution of Iran. According to the general critique of the government's thinking and hope in the presidential election of 2013, this issue can be regarded as an indicator of the development of the discourse of justice in the political system of the Islamic Republic Iran remembered.