Evolution of National Security Governance Discourse in the Islamic Republic of Iran

Although the discourse of the Islamic Revolution had an epistemologicaldisconnection with the discourse of Pahlavism as "other discourse" and had acoherence within itself, but over time and in confronting with different epistemologicaldiscourses, it was affected by changes and many sub-discourses were formed, each ofwhich had a special impact on the governance of national security in Iran. In thisarticle, focusing on the differences between the sub-discourses formed within thediscourse of the Islamic Revolution, the question has been raised that what are theeffects of these sub-discourses on the national security governance? In response to thisquestion, using library resources and analysis of existing relevant secondarydocuments, while examining developments in the discourse of the Islamic Revolution,the principles and foundations as well as the effects and consequences of each subdiscourseon the national security governance in Iran are analyzed. The hypothesisexamined in this article is that the evolution of the discourse of national securitygovernance in the Islamic Republic of Iran, despite the development of a specificgovernance model of the Islamic Republic, weakens consensus and forms polarizationand conflict in society and also national security structures and institutions.