The comparative study of the legitimacy of the government from the perspective of Shahid Beheshti and Bani Sadr and its impact on the discourse of the Islamic Revolution in the first years of the victory of the Islamic Revolution

Target. Examining the ideas that cause socio-political changes in societies is very important. This article examines the government's legitimacy from the perspective of Shahid Beheshti and Bani Sadr. The thoughts and actions of these two personalities played a prominent role in shaping the discourse of the early revolution.Methodology. The research method is a documentary analysis and examines the government's legitimacy from the perspective of elections, religious authority, clergy, economy, women's rights, freedom of speech and press, and the origin of legitimacy.Finding. The results showed that the thought of Shahid Beheshti was derived from the Shia Islamic thought and considered the origin of legitimacy to be divine and religious; Bani Sadr's thought was also influenced by the social contract of the West and the secularist thoughts of the West, i.e. world-centeredness, secularism and the separation of religion from politics, although it had not lost its connection with religious concepts. Bani Sadr believed that the entire sovereignty of a nation is based on the legitimacy of the people. Although the thoughts of these two personalities were in agreement with each other in some cases and were in conflict with each other in some cases, the combination of these thoughts formed a discourse that gave legitimacy to the newly established government.Conclusion. Finally, Shahid Beheshti's and Bani Sadr's ideas provide a suitable platform for giving legitimacy to the government, and this legitimacy strengthens and strengthens the foundations of the government. In fact, the thoughts of Shahid Beheshti and Bani Sadr formed a discourse that was acceptable to the majority of the society, both politically and economically, and this made the government have a deep legitimacy in the society.