Elite Political Culture and Political Development of Iran in the Iranian-Islamic Model of Progress

The Islamic and Iranian model of progress is an indigenous document based on the Iranian-Islamic fundamentals and values of society, which follows the fulfilling the final step of the modern civilisation of Islamic Iran in the future. The basis of this model is a systematic view of the development and provision of mechanisms for active-voluntary participation and competition of social groups in the general sphere of society. Therefore, the attitude of the governing political elite is critical. The present study aimed to answer the question ‘How can the political culture of the ruling elites lead to the fulfiling political development in the Iranian-Islamic model of progress?’ The hypothesis is that the political culture of the governing group is the source of political action and behaviour in society. Therefore, reforming and improving the attitude of the ruling political elites towards political development within the framework of political and jurisprudential capacities in the religious discourse and the Islamic Revolution provides the ground for fulfiling political development in Iran as a model.