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Crises are unavoidable realties in the social life of nations and they reveal leaders’ prudence, management power, courage, wisdom and power of dealing with problems. During the history, no issuehas been scrutinized by scholars and political theorists as much as ‘leadership in man’s social life’. In fact, the essence and political management of leaders can be summarized in control of crises as imprudence and incompetence of leaders in handling crises results in the downfall and destruction of a nation. One of the biggest crises in the history of the Islamic Republic is the 2009 post-elections crisis. In this context, the capacity, efficiency and thinking power of the Supreme Leaderin the face of complex and multifaceted challenges were materialized and his logic, wisdom and foresight were demonstrated. The aim of this study is to evaluate and explicate the great role of the Supreme Leader and his management style in containing and controlling the crisis following the 2009 presidential elections.

The purpose of this study was to address the suburbanization issue and its consequences, particularly its security implications in Tehran metropolis. As a megacity, Tehran has a major role in the development of the national economy. At the same time, due to its irregular and unstructured spatial expansion as a consequence of the movement of activities and population from the city center to suburbs, it has created various social and security damages. On the other hand, negligence of the suburban problems has created troubles inside the city which, in turn, has brought about various social, psychological and security damages; that is, the suburban problems have dominated the city which may pave the way for the occurrence of security crises in the future.