TY - JOUR ID - 144916 TI - Developments and political challenges of the new middle class in the Islamic Republic of Iran JO - scientific journal Political Sociology of the Islamic Revolution JA - PSIRJ LA - en SN - AU - Moradi Joo, Ali Jan AD - Assistant Professor of Political Science, Imam Hossein (AS) Military University, Tehran, Iran Y1 - 2020 PY - 2020 VL - 1 IS - 3 SP - 35 EP - 69 KW - New Middle Class KW - Islamic Republic of Iran KW - Political Challenges KW - Discourse Conflict DO - N2 - Addressing the issue of the new middle class as one of the main influential groups in the contemporary period of Iranian history, especially in the last four decades, is of various dimensions. One of these dimensions that has and will have a great impact on the understanding of the Islamic Revolution is the developments, characteristics and political challenges of the new middle class in the Islamic Republic. What political developments has the emergence and existence of a new middle class in the Islamic Republic of Iran gone through and what challenges does it pose to the system of the Islamic Republic of Iran? The main question of this article is. Methodologically, it is a descriptive-analytical study that has been used as a library method to collect information. The results show that the emergence of a new middle class in Iran and its developments has faced the Islamic Republic with challenges such as the fluidity of political demands and tendencies, discourse conflict with the traditional middle class, multiple political demands and good governance. UR - https://www.psirj.ir/article_144916.html L1 - https://www.psirj.ir/article_144916_cf20229ee15cd99705d6780875a4d183.pdf ER -