Introduction
There is no doubt that political knowledge has spread in Iranian society; One of the signs of this expansion is the formation, establishment, and emergence of bodies and organizations, universities, faculties and groups, associations and magazines and publications, news agencies, and other different areas of scientific activity related to political science. The question is, has this expansion led to a greater presence of this science in the public arena of Iranian society in the true sense, meaning its content and deep impact? Or was this influence merely superficial and apparent, without the formation and content of theoretical and intellectual discussions?
This article also introduces and analyzes the emergence of organizations and bodies, centers, associations, magazines, and virtual and online arenas for activities related to political science.




Materials & Methods
The tangible manifestation of political knowledge in Iranian society has been in the form of organizational and institutional activities, magazines and press, and virtual spaces.
Most universities in the country (public, private, and non-profit) offer political science courses at most levels of education (bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees); Various research institutions and centers, different scientific journals, and most publishing houses are engaged in producing research and publishing resources related to political science. News agencies and podcasts, newspapers, websites, discussion platforms, cyberspace on platforms such as Telegram, WhatsApp, Instagram, X-Network (formerly Twitter), Clubhouse, LinkedIn, etc., each engage in analytical work related to political science. Article banks and portals have also collected articles related to political science.
All of these platforms have been formed in Iranian society in contemporary history, from the time of the formation of the School of Political Science to the present day; educational, research, production of works, criticism, and thought-provoking activities in the form of sound, image, and text are all carried out in these platforms and areas of emergence and manifestation.
Discussion & Result
The following topics and themes can be extracted and inferred from an analytical perspective and in the form of a formulation focused on the discussion of "development and growth", looking at the areas of activity related to political science from the time of the formation of the school of political science to the present day and in the academic and research fields and any context of political science activity in the form of a problem:
1- National expansion and distribution of political knowledge and at all levels of education:
2- Educational function of the field of political science (training diplomats and educating citizens of the state-nation):
3- The necessity of research on political issues alongside political science education:
4- Adding specific and central topics to the field of political research:
5- The double importance of finding research in the field of domestic politics:
6- Islamic Revolution Studies as an Important Field, After the 1957 Revolution:
7- Legal Studies, an Important Matter in the Field of Governance:
8- National Security, a Trans-Ethnic and Identity Issue:
9- The Necessity of Producing Political Policy-Making Texts:
10- Finding the Importance of Criticism and Evaluation as a Professional and Important Task in Examining Political Sources:
11- Attention to the formation of political science associations:
12- Diversification of outputs, products and intellectual activities related to political science:
13- Widening of political activity:
14- Scientific evaluation and criticism in line with the pursuit of justice and scientific liberation:

Conclusion
All of the aforementioned activities were aimed at confirming that political knowledge in Iranian society has been accompanied by a kind of expansion and growth and one cannot look at political science with the dualistic view of "non-functioning or functioning" and as zero and one; The development and expansion of these activities, which have taken on an institutional and organizational aspect and even become a daily matter, must be given due consideration. This is actually both a problem statement and a different formulation of the problem.
Introducing institutional and organizational dimensions and areas of activity related to political science in one section and expressing the axes and areas of activity historically in another section is to outline or even formulate an important issue related to political science, and to emphasize the point that this is not a simple issue, and the purpose of this article was to express some of its complexities.