Iranian researchers in political and historical affairs explained that the history of the Islamic Republic has been characterized by many scientific, technical and military achievements during the past decades, in addition to the failures that have been the title of the challenges facing the Islamic Republic.
On the eve of the 42nd anniversary of the victory of the Iranian revolution, Al-Jazeera Net posed 6 questions to experts and researchers at Iranian research institutes, to shed light on the achievements and failures of their country's revolution, and the challenges facing it at the present time, both internally and externally.
How has the Islamic Republic dealt, over the past four decades, with the slogan of "exporting the revolution" to the outside world?
Iranian circles differed regarding the export of the revolution abroad, although the issue was raised by the founder of the Islamic revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, according to political affairs researcher Mahdi Shakibaei, who attributed the reason for this to a misunderstanding of the content of Khomeini's call to export the revolution.
Chakibaei confirms that what is meant by exporting the revolution is to intellectually and culturally deal with those who deal positively with the Iranian revolution, and it has nothing to do with organizing protest movements and revolutionizing other peoples against their country's political systems.
In an interview with Al-Jazeera Net, Chakibaei explains that the export of the Iranian revolution "was quickly met with opposition from some parties abroad, despite the welcome of many currents in Islamic countries and others, but the world countries did not receive the message of the Islamic revolution as its founder wanted it, especially some eastern and western powers that worked." To undermine and eliminate the Iranian revolution. "
The Iranian nuclear program is one of the successes of the Islamic revolution, but it is one of the files of political crises with the outside (European)
Did the Iranian revolution achieve the goals for which it was established 42 years ago?
Chakibae believes that his country's revolution has achieved a very large part of its basic goals, and this is explained by saying that the clerics - who confronted the regime of the Shah, headed by Ayatollah Khomeini - set 3 strategic goals for their revolutionary movement, the first of which is the denial of oppression and tyranny, which was achieved immediately after the overthrow of the Pahlavi regime. And the establishment of the Islamic Republic.
He added that the second strategic goal of the Iranian revolution represented in national independence and non-dependency on the major powers was also achieved by storming a group of revolutionary students to the US embassy in Tehran in 1979, and severing diplomatic relations with Washington, describing the Iranian revolutionaries controlling the Israeli embassy in Tehran and turning it into The embassy of Palestine "declared that it was complete to achieve the second goal.
Despite the success of the Iranian revolution in putting an end to all forms of internal tyranny and the denial of dependency on foreign countries, it still faces problems in achieving its third strategic goal, which is the establishment of an Islamic regime - and the words of Shakibi - which says that the part related to establishing the structure of the Islamic Republic has been achieved, but there is A big rift between what we are and what we aspire to reach according to the Islamic vision of the revolution, but work is underway to achieve social welfare internally and to support the oppressed in their struggle against tyrants externally.
What is the reason for the escalation of grumbling Iranians in recent years?
Is the current living situation commensurate with the aspirations of the revolutionaries against the Shah's regime?
The director of the Institute of International Relations, Majid Zouari, points out that the Iranian people have challenged their ruling regimes throughout history at the rate of one revolution every half a century, and the Iranians - especially the leaders of the Islamic revolution - were aspiring to establish a platonic utopia, in which housing would be available to citizens, as well as electricity, water and transportation services. The year provided free of charge to the poor class, and this was what the founder of the Islamic Republic said upon his return from exile in Paris in 1979.
In his interview with Al-Jazeera Net, Zouari explains that the failure to fulfill such promises, along with the high cost of living, unemployment and rampant corruption, has led to an increase in Iranian complaints about the current living situation, stressing that had it not been for the imposed sanctions, the living situation in Iran would have been much better than we are.
The Iranian citizen suffers in his daily living due to the economic crises created by the US sanctions (Anatolia)
What are the expectations that the living situation in Iran will improve and that the Iranian revolution will achieve its goals in the coming period?
Zouari believes that a segment of the Iranian people has lost hope for an improvement in the current situation, due to the rampant corruption and the class divide that exists in society, and the failure to achieve justice and equality in the distribution of national wealth, adding that despite the current miserable situation, state institutions are doing their utmost efforts to maintain hope for an improvement in the living situation. .
What are the main challenges facing the Iranian revolution, 42 years after its victory?
Reza Hajj, a researcher at the Contemporary History Foundation for Studies, argues that distorting Iran's image outside the country is the most prominent challenge that threatens the Iranian revolution at the present time, and this has negative repercussions that outweigh the US sanctions on the country. Iran's Politics and Regional Presence.
In an interview with Al-Jazeera Net, Hajj believes that the security and military threats to strike Iran and the assassination of its military and nuclear leaders - such as the harassment of the administration of former US President Donald Trump and the Zionist entity - represent the second most prominent challenge aimed at undermining the Iranian revolution, warning of the repercussions of the repercussions of the "repeated accusation of Tehran's support for terrorist movements in Western and Arab media "on the reputation of his country.
He adds that most countries of the world - especially European countries and the United States - suffer from many problems in their economy, while the global media focus on social and living crises in Iran more than any other country, he said, stressing that the economic decline is the third most prominent challenge facing Iranian revolution.
The Islamic Revolution enjoys wide support in Iranian society, despite the failures in the economy and the livelihood of the (European) citizens.
After more than 4 decades since the establishment of the Islamic Republic, how has the revolution become popular with the Iranian street?
It is no secret to anyone that the Iranian revolution - like many revolutions around the world - lost the loyalty of a segment of the Iranian people, and also lost a number of prominent faces on the political level, but at the same time it managed to attract other segments, according to the researcher at the Contemporary History Foundation For studies, Reza Hajjat.
Hajj attributes the reason for the "descent of some Iranians from the train of the revolution" to the failure of the Islamic Republic to meet their aspirations both internally and externally, pointing out that the saying "The revolution eats its children" has been relatively achieved in Iran, as most of its leaders are still defending it with the strength they have.