Three Important Influential Political Trends in Iran from 1320 to 1322 ('AH'- solar) 1941- 1943

The present paper seeks to shed light on three important political and cultural trends during the period from 1320 (to and 1332 ('AH'-solar) in order to specify their features and compare the performance of these trends. The research which uses analytical-descriptive method is based on historical documents and records.Below is an account of these political trends and their distinctive features:1. The traditional movement; its main features are: oligarchy, interaction with superpowers and making use of the rivalries between them to preserve the relative independence of the country, relative cooperation with religious scholars and despotic policy.2. The nationalist movement; its main features are: collaboration with Great Britain's interests (except for one case), having instrumental and occasional relations with religious scholars and groups, and showing bitter hostility to Fadaiiyan-e-Islam, an Islamic group who devoted their lives for safeguarding Islam.3. The religious movement; its main features are: high social influence, abiding by the commands of religious guardian and supreme religious authorities, struggling for applying Islam's rules and offering a new discourse to the political arena of the country.