It is important to understand that Iran’s politics is very dynamic and some internally and externally produced changes have profound implications on the stability and direction of the country in the future. It, therefore, operates as a political regime which is a mixture of a theocratic and democratic nation with the any effect Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the elected president Ibrahim Raisi.
Domestically, Iran has many economic issues like the ones associated with severe restrictions due to nuclear tests for decades. These have seen to it that inflation rises, unemployment rates go high and hectic drop in the living conditions of the Iranians also, thus making the population of Iran quite dissatisfied. This has led to periodic money protests and unrests focusing on political and economic changes.
The political organization of Iran is such that the Supreme Leader is the making of the President and the Parliament.
This entry was posted in Iran, Political Science on November 5, 2019 by demarco. This centralization of power normally gives rise to competing coalitions of the reformists and the conservatives within the state. Reformists support openness to the International Community and request engaging with it, while the conservatives favor fidelity to the revolution and preclude compromise with the Western powers.
Externally international relations for the Iran countries are still strained with the west especially the United States. 2018 will be remembered as a landmark year for Iran when the United States unilaterally withdrew from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in May 2018 and re-imposed sanctions that have intensified the tensions. Other issues include Iran’s contribution to instability in the Middle East and the country’s activities in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Yemen, all leading to Iran’s current isolation from the international community.
Despite, Iran continues to serve and play an important part in the Middle East. Despite its reduced role compared to other powerful states, its strategic position, substantial petrochemical resources, and control over the Shia population in the region will continue to keep it important. The Iran’s political future IS thus an ongoing struggle for balancing internal dissent and economic difficulties, international pressure, and at the same time remaining true to ideological roots and satisfying the desire for change from the part of the population.