Imam Khomeini's governmental approach in comparison with those of constitutional movement cleric leaders

In the past and nowadays, clergies have played the most important role in preserving and promoting Islam in Iran. The clergies faced some and problems disputes and challenges especially during Iranian constitutional movement that divided them into different groups with many gaps. Thus, while they succeeded in designing a theorical framework of Islamic state, it never actually implemented in society. In contrast, late Imam Khomeini truly realized the challenges in seminaries, reviewed historical events and discussions and finally adopted a comprehensive strategy and executed Islamic thought as a basis for governing of society in Iran.At the beginning of this article, constitutional movement and Islamic Revolution are discussed. Then, the roots of disputes among clergy leaders of constitutional movement as well as the situation of clergies and seminaries explained before in Islamic Revolution are compared and contrasted. That is this comparative study explains why Imam Khomeini successfully established Islamic Republic in Iran while clergy leaders of constitutional movement failed to do so.