Quarterly Journal of Contemporary Political Studies (Jostarha-ye Siyasi-ye Mo'aser)
Vol. 16, No. 2, Summer 2025

Contents

Assessing Elite Management in Iran: Analyzing Challenges and Proposing Operational Strategies
Asghar Bayat; Ali Erfanifar, 1
Political elites and division of power in Iran; Challenges and solutions
Hossein Aghelinegad; Behnaz Azhdari; Ali Rahimi Sadegh, 31
The functions of religious intellectuals in the Islamic system from the perspective of Ayatollah Khamenei
Ali Abbasi; Seyyed Mostafa Abtahi; Ahmad Bakhshayesh Ardestani; Hossein Allah Karam, 63

ISIS's Landlessness and Its Impact on the Axis of Resistance
Komail Raafati Hamzeh Kalai; Ali Mahmoudi; Ali Salehi Farsani, 91
A Comparative Study of the Components of Islamic Governance in the Thought of Ayatollah Taleghani and Seyyed Qutb with Emphasis on Spriggans' Theory
Tahereh Sadati Nasrabadi; Mojtaba Mirdamadi; Mohammad Safehian, 121
Critical Discourse Analysis of the Representation of the Day of Judgment in the Qur’an and Nahj al-Balagha and Its Role in the Production of Political Legitimacy
Mansoureh Shirzadi; Sharafzadeh Mohammad Hossein; Zahra Rastegar Haghighi Shirazi, 155
Afghan Taliban as narrated by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Kamyar Sedaghat Samarhoseini, 183
The Dynamics of Power and Religion in the Religious Policies of the Buyids and the Hamdanids: A Historical-Comparative Analysis of Legitimizing Elements
Abozar Karamolahi, 205
Comparing the charismatic relationship of Shinasi Political University with the companionship of Merid Moradi in Irfan (Regarding Imam Khomeini's leadership during the Islamic coup)
Leila Baiat; Amir Javanaraste; Ali Mohammad Hazeri, 231
Feasibility study of different readings of democracy with emphasis on religious democracy and explanation of its three models
Alireza Kianpour; Mojtaba  Hemmati, 265