The Drivers of Democracy in the Islamic Republic of Iran on the Horizon of 1410

After almost half a century, Iranian society has been rapidly changing due to deep structural developments. These social transformations have led to a certain behavioral and value system that plays an important role in the emergence of areas of transition to democracy. The purpose of this research is to study the most important areas of transition to democracy in the Iran in the fifth decade of revolution with a futuristic approach.

 The present study makes use of trend analysis method and qualitative analysis. The statistical population consists of academic experts and authorities on the political transition. The sample size was determined by sequential theoretical sampling. The data-collection tool was a semi-structured interview reaching theoretical saturation through 16 interviews.

Factors such as the expansion of virtual social networks and activism, the reduction of government authority in the field of information monopoly, government accountability to the people due to the reduction of oil revenues and expansion of the new middle-class have strengthened democracy in society in the fifth decade of the revolution.

The drivers of democracy in Iran The fifth decade of the revolution is often social in nature and will emerge from the text of Iranian social identities. These factors will have a cumulative effect on each other as well as on the political structure of the process of consolidating democracy.