The objective of the book is to analyze the Islamist and republican features of the political regime of the Islamic Republic of Iran. It aims to identify the relationship between Islamism and republicanism in terms of institutional and practical means throughout the period since the establishment of the Islamic Republic. The book tries to answer the question how the Islamist and republican orientations that built up the political regime and the system of governance in the Islamic Republic have affected the domestic political and ideological developments. After a discussion on the history of...