سعید الله کرمی

The ethnic groups of any society have an important place in national unity and if they are challenged, they endanger national security; Meanwhile, the role of these groups in border security, especially the western borders with a special demographic context, is recognized as one of the influential components that strengthening national convergence and cohesion is one of the basic categories of any government. The purpose of identifying the factors of convergence of Ahl-e-Haq in Qasr Shirin border and its impact on the security of this border has been implemented.

The research method used in this qualitative research was content analysis with the participation of 51 experts who were selected by purposive sampling method and information was collected through in-depth semi-structured interviews. The method of data analysis was content analysis with inductive approach.

The final findings of the research include five themes among 64 concepts, which include: nationalism (Iranian-Islamic identity) and common history, religious and religious commonalities, social justice and equality, religious and national symbols and rituals (Ashura, Nowruz, etc.). And solving economic problems such as inflation, unemployment, etc., these categories have the greatest impact on the convergence of the people of the right and increase the security of the Qasr Shirin border.

According to the information obtained from the research sub-questions, it can be concluded that political, social, cultural and economic factors are extracted as the main classes and their.