Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Doctoral student of political science at Allameh Tabatabai University

2 full proffessor of political science at Allameh Tabatabai University

3 fullp roffessor of polotical science at Allameh tabatabaei university

Abstract

The current research aims to examine the role of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in the Iran, in the form of intelligent leadership, to determine the position of the Revolutionary Guards Corps to deal with the threats of hard power (military, economic) and threats of soft power (political, socio-cultural) that are Enemies have been imposed. The main question of the research is how sepah has strengthened the authority in the form of intelligent leadership (soft power and hard power)? In order to answer this question, the hypothesis has been proposed that the IRGC has strengthened the authority of the of Iran in fulfilling the main slogans of the revolution in various economic, social, political and military dimensions with the all-round growth of the country's potentials. The method of data collection is documentary and interpretive, and books, articles, and reference sites were used, and we used a comparative strategy. The method of data analysis is based on descriptive-explanatory. The research findings indicate that there is a direct relationship between the threats in Iran. Therefore, the wider the range of threats, the IRGC has strengthened and consolidated the authority of the Iran system with its intelligent leadership in dealing with these threats. In terms of equalizing the power of hard and soft leadership, in the military sector, the IRGC consolidates the authority of the Islamic Republic of Iran more than in other cases; After that, it has strengthened the economic, political and socio-cultural sectors respectively.

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