Sociological study of the developments of punishment in public in post-revolutionary Iran

From the Islamic revolution penal reactions in Iran has been experienced two completely different periods: first the revival of public display of suffering in the first decade of the revolution and then, elimination of this kind of punishment from public arena in the next decades. Undoubtedly, political economy of power has important role in this penal changes. However, we cannot neglect the role of structure of social solidarity.Birth of single-structured society in the first decade of Islamic revolution paved the way for revival of public punishments. In this time, public display of suffering were like rituals that its role were revival of social values in single-structure society. But, in the following decades, these punishment were not understood by society. Because of it, physical punishments step by step eliminated from public arena and transferred in the bureaucratic system.