The commonalities and differences between the political thought of the Lebanese Hezbollah movement and the political thought of the Islamic Revolution of Iran

Musavi, Seyed Saleh; Alavian, Morteza

The commonalities and differences between the political thought of the Lebanese Hezbollah movement and the political thought of the Islamic Revolution of Iran

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

seyed saleh musavi ¹

morteza alavian ²

¹ PhD Student in Political Studies of the Islamic Revolution / Shahed University / Tehran / Iran

² Faculty member of the Faculty of Law and Political Science, Mazandaran University, Babolsar, Iran

Abstract

The study of the commonalities and differences between the political thought of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance group and the political thought of the Islamic Revolution of Iran and the dissection of this current and the process of intellectual transformation of one of the most important and prominent Shiite Islamist currents are of special importance for the Iranian Islamic Revolution. Considering the use of the historical-comparative method that was done in this article, it sought to answer the question of what are the commonalities and differences between the political thought of Hezbollah in Lebanon Islamic Revolution in Iran? We have analyzed the commonalities and differences between the political thought of the Islamic Revolution Iran and the Lebanese Hezbollah movement based a comparison of its thirteen salient features. The findings of the study also indicate that the Islamic Revolution of Iran and Hezbollah in Lebanon have a lot in common in terms of ideology and beliefs, and only in the establishment Islamic government, the leaders of the Hezbollah movement, taking into account the specific circumstances of Lebanon and different cultures and religions.

Keywords

Political Thought

Hezbollah

Islamic Revolution

Lebanon

Iran

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