Review and criticism of revolutionism in the thought and behavior of engineer Mehdi Bazargan

The issue of revolutionism is one of the most controversial issues in the history of Iran's Islamic Revolution, which some intellectuals such as Mehdi Bazargan have looked at with a critical appreciation. This research, which is written in an analytical and descriptive way, tries to answer the question, what was the view of Engineer Bazargan on the category of revolution and the issue of revolutionism, and what criticisms are there on it? The findings of the research show that the merchant's view of the struggles was not a revolutionary view. He considered the Islamic revolution to be a reform whose scope only includes Iran and not beyond. In explaining the concept of Islamic revolution, he takes two positive and negative approaches, and this contradiction is visible throughout his views. The merchant's revolutionary behavior was also very different from others, as he believed in the king's monarchy and not his rule. In the criticism of his views and behavior, in addition to the contradictions in speech and behavior, it is possible to point out such things as: the merchant's lack of correct understanding of the revolutionary conditions, his behavioral characteristics, etc.