The Future of Bazaar and Politics Relations in Post-Revolutionary Iran

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Associate Professor, Faculty of Education and Islamic Thought, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

In examining the important developments in contemporary Iranian history, the bazaar cannot be seen outside of this circle. The Tobacco Movement, the Constitutional Revolution, the nationalization of the oil industry, the uprising of Khordad 15, 1963, and finally the victory of the Islamic Revolution are a chain of developments in which researchers agree that the bazaar played a role. With the coming to power of the Pahlavi government, the political position of the bazaar and its role in the civil sphere faced many restrictions, and the bazaar, along with other social forces, joined the ranks of the opponents of the Pahlavi government and played a role in the victory of the Islamic Revolution. With this description, the question of the article is whether the position of the bazaar in the public sphere will continue to be maintained and the bazaar will continue to be an actor in the civil sphere, or will we witness a change in the status of the bazaar's role? The present study, using the documentary method in data collection and the descriptive-analytical method, believes that the most likely scenario is the isolation of the market and its gradual withdrawal from the civil society arena, and consequently the loss of the functions and specific tasks of the market in the public arena, an event that would mean the elimination of one of the most important elements of civil society and public arena actors

Keywords

References

Darakhshe, J., Radadi, M. (2011). Dysfunctions of social capital and the role of religion in its improvement. Contemporary Political Essays, Year 2, Issue 1, pp. 73-94. [In Persian].
Dehghan-Nejad, M. et al. (2017). Analyzing the contexts and factors of the confrontation between the bazaars and the second Pahlavi government based on Charles Tilly's Basij model 1961-1978. Approach to the Islamic Revolution, Year 11, Issue 40, pp. 103-120. [In Persian].
Hazari, A.M., Hosseinzadeh Fermi, M. (2011). The political role of the market: Analysis of developments in the first decade of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Political Knowledge, Year 7, Issue 1, pp. 65-90. Doi: 10.30497/PK.2011.86. [In Persian].
Keshavarziyan, A. (2004). Tehran Bazaar: Continuity or Transformation. Quarterly Journal of Conversation, No. 41, pp. 11-48. [In Persian].
Moradijo, A. (1400). Cultural Capital and the Hegemonicization of the Traditional Middle Class (Case Study: 1352-1361). Political Strategy, Year 5, No. 13, pp. 239-259. [In Persian].
Scotchpool, T. (1382). The Rentier State and Shiite Islam in the Islamic Revolution. Translated by Mohammad Taqi Delforuz, Quarterly Journal of Strategic Studies, Year 6, No. 1, pp. 119-141. [In Persian].
Abrahamian, Y. (1998). Iran between two revolutions, translated by Ahmad Gol-Mohammadi and Mohammad Ebrahim Fattahi. Tehran. Ney Publishing . [In Persian].
Ashraf, A. (1979). Historical Obstacles to the Growth of Capitalism in Iran during the Qajar Period. Tehran. Neyim Publishing . [In Persian].
Ashraf, A. Beno-Azizi, A. (2008). Social Classes, State and Revolution in Iran. Translated by Soheila Torabi Farsani. Tehran. Niloufar. [In Persian].
Azghandi, A. (2005). An Introduction to Political Sociology. Tehran, ghoomes. [In Persian].
Badamchian, A., Banai, A. (1982). Islamic Allied Committees. Tehran. Ouj Publishing. [In Persian].
Bashirieh, H. (1995). Political Sociology. Tehran. Ney Publishing . [In Persian].
Bashirieh, H. (2014). Social Contexts of the Iranian Revolution. Translated by Ali Ardestan. Tehran, Negah Moasar. [In Persian].
Eyvazi, M. (2001). Social Classes and the Shah's Regime. Tehran. Islamic Revolution Documentation Center. [In Persian].
Foran, J. (2013). Fragile Resistance; History of Social Developments in Iran. Translated by Ahmad Tadayin. Tehran. Rasa Publishing. [In Persian].
Gaziorski, M. (2008). American Foreign Policy and the Shah. Translated by Jamshid Zanganeh. Tehran. Rasa Publishing. [In Persian].
Halliday, F. (2019). Dictatorship and Development of Capitalism in Iran. Translated by Fazlallah Nikayin. Tehran. Amir Kabir. [In Persian].
Hiro, D. (2007). Iran under the Rule of the Clergy. Translated by Mohammad Javad Yaghoubi Darabi. Tehran. Baz Publishing. [In Persian].
Hosseinzadeh Fermi, M. (2014). Interaction of Clergy and the Market. Tehran. Sokhnoran. [In Persian].
Imam Khomeini's Struggle Journey in the Mirror of SAVAK Records. (2007). Tehran. Volume 2. Institute for Compilation and Publication of Imam Khomeini's Works. [In Persian].
Jabbari, M. (2010). Always the Market. Tehran. Agah Publishing. [In Persian].
Kamali, M. (2002). Civil Society, State and Modernization in Iran. Translated by Kamal Poladi. Tehran. Center for the Recognition of Islam and Iran. [In Persian].
Katouzian, M. (2004). Political Economy of Iran. Translated by Mohammad Reza Nafisi and Kambiz Azizi. Tehran. Markaz Publishing . [In Persian].
Keddie, N. (2000). The Roots of the Iranian Revolution. Translated by Abdolkarim Gawahi. Tehran. Qalam Publishing. [In Persian].
Keshavarzian, A. (2019). Market and State in Iran: Politics in the Tehran Market. Translated by Hassan Mahmoudi. Tehran. Donyayeh Eqtesad Publishing. [In Persian].
Mehrjoo, B. (2012). The End of the Bazaar (Memoirs of Asadollah Asgarovaladi). Tehran. Karaafrin Publishing. [In Persian].
Mehrjoo, B. (2018). For God; Revolution and the Bazaar (Reasons for the Elimination and Marginalization of the Bazaar Movement from the Economy and Politics of Iran). Tehran. Amin al-Zarb. [In Persian].
Moadel, M. (2003). Class, Politics and Ideology in the Iranian Revolution. Translated by Mohammad Salar Kasraei. Tehran. Baz Publishing. [In Persian].
Pahlavi, M. (1992). Response to History. Translated by Hossein Abu Torabian. Tehran.Nameless. [In Persian].
Pirouz, R. (2010). From the Well to the Road. Tehran. World of Economics. [In Persian].
Rahbari, M. (2005). An Introduction to the Political Sociology of the Islamic Revolution of Iran. Babolsar. University of Mazandaran. [In Persian].
Rahbari, M. (2010). Economy and the Islamic Revolution. Tehran. Islamic Revolution Records Center. [In Persian].
Roohbakhsh, R. (2002). The Role of the Market in the Uprising of 15 Khordad 42. Tehran. Islamic Revolution Records Center. [In Persian].
Shadloo, A. (2002). Pluralism in the Islamic Movement. Tehran. vozaraa. [In Persian].
Sudagar, M. (2000). The Growth of Capitalist Relations in Iran. Tehran. Sholeh Andishe. [In Persian].
Iran Planning and Budget Organization, National Statistics Yearbook, Tehran, 1977, available at: https://amar.sci.org.ir/
Etelat Newspaper, October 13, 1979
Roundtable discussion on windfall wealth in conversation with Dr. Nahavandian and Hojjat-ol-Islam Mesbahi/ Source: Marafat 1997, No. 23. Available at: https://ensani.ir/fa/article/65827
Futures Studies Of The Islamic Revolution
Volume 1405, Issue 1
April 2026
Pages 37-59

Files

Share

How to cite

Statistics