Evaluation of application “the Eastern and the Western” Models of Revolution to Iran`s Islamic Revolution

Although theoretical modeling seeks to explain revolutions as possible as simple, they are amongst the most complicated human phenomena. Despite common features in terms of the beginning, procedure, and outcomes, revolutions differ considerably. Considering the similarities and differences between revolutions leads to understanding the contextual and intellectual characteristics, the agents, and the kind of mass activism in revolutions. There have been various divisions about revolutions. Samuel Huntington’s simple division about revolutions, i.e. the Western and the Eastern, has been paid attention to in reviewing Iran`s Islamic Revolution. He divides revolutions into two general types based on some particular characteristics. In which category does the Islamic revolution fall into this duality and how efficient is this modeling in formulating and analyzing the Islamic revolution? To respond to the question, the paper hypothesizes that Iran`s Islamic Revolution shows similarities to the Western type and fundamental differences with the Eastern type. Although in this analysis, the authors also criticize this modeling in the analysis of the Islamic Revolution. To explain the hypothesis, the paper conducts a comparative-historical method for analyzing the library-based data of the research.