Social Justice and Efficiency of Political System in Islamic Republic of Iran

This article studies four sets of variables in the fields of "demography" (population rate, percentage of urban population, unemployment rate), "policy making" (volume of resources and oil production, GDP, the country's ranking in human development indexes), "social services" (average age of students and duration of education, share of health in GDP, Internet access), and "economic situation" (economic freedom). It intends to compare these variables in the Islamic Republic of Iran with those in two regions with similar civilizations and cultures, including countries in Central Asia and Southwest Asia. The findings of this study, which are based on international reports, show that the approach to social justice plays a considerable and decisive role in determining the efficiency or inefficiency of the political system in the Islamic Republic of Iran.