Critical Study of State Theories on the State in the Islamic Republic of Iran

Islamic Revolution of Iran in 1979 brought about a political system out of dictatorship and despotism. However after the revolution some theories were suggested about the political system of Islamic Republic of Iran. These theories introduce the system as authoritarian, beauricratic, populist, semi authoritarian, …this article will study critically these theories and believes the main problem of these theories is that they are not familiar with the theory of VelayateFaghih and religious democracy.