THE PATHOLOGY OF THE IRANIAN ISLAMIC REVOLUTION FROM IMAM KHOMAINI'S VIEWPOINT

According to Imam Khomaini, the cause, the nature, and the pathology of the Islamic Revolution are three integrated concepts. The same demands leading to the collapse of the Pahlavi regime form the nature of the Islamic Revolution and a return to the unfavourable past is considered as the pathology of the Islamic Republic system. Thus, speaking of the pathology of the Revolution is impossible without studying the process of the overcoming of the Islamic Revolution. This paper is to study the Islamic Revolution movement according to Imam Komaini's viewpoint and in terms of Allen Thorn's theory.