A Look at the Causes and Grounds for the Spread and Influence of the Iranian Islamic Revolution in Lebanon from the Perspective of the Dissemination Theory Model

The export of the Iranian Islamic Revolution to other countries of the world emerged from the first days of the victory of the Islamic Revolution in the words of Imam Khomeini as the leader of the Islamic Revolution. Given the ideological influence of the Iranian Islamic Revolution on Lebanon, the world is witnessing the emergence of an orderly and cohesive military and political organization in Lebanon. The purpose of this article is to analyze the causes and grounds for the spread and influence of the Iranian Islamic Revolution in Lebanon. Given the visible impact of the Islamic Revolution on Lebanon, a scientific study of its causes is necessary. Accordingly, using the descriptive-analytical method and relying on library and electronic sources, the present article examines the ideological foundations of the Iranian Islamic Revolution and investigates the impacts of these sources on the Lebanese Shiites. The findings show that the influence of the Iranian Islamic Revolution in Lebanon is due to having a common ideal, i.e. following Islam as the only way to prosperity against the ideas of liberalism and Marxism; common values and cultural components such as freedom, justice, independence and dignity; common enemy, i.e. the superpowers and their representatives in the region; and the common ideology, which is the ideology of Shiite Islam under the leadership of the Supreme Leader.