Seyed Abbas Husseini - Ph.D. in Political Thought, Chalous Branch, Islamic Azad University, Chalous, Iran

The Islamic revolution has undergone many generations since its formation. In this regard, four generations can be identified throughout the life of Islamic Republic. The third generation is one of the generations of Islamic Republic which has taken discourse functionality through enjoying from its special characteristics, overcoming demands and utilizing from elements and slogans of reform discourse and has defined itself as anti-discourse versus dominant discourse. The purpose of present study was to investigate the third generation of Islamic Revolution and its role in political development using discourse analysis method. Hence, the main question of present study is that: the discursive elements of Islamic Revolution's third generation are received from what kind of structures? And how can the third generation play a role in political development of Iran after the revolution? Following hypothesis was considered to answer the main question: the third generation of Islamic Revolution receives its discursive elements from structures such as characteristics, overcoming demands and utilizing from elements and slogans of reform discourse and can play a significant role in political development with its approach to liberal discourse.

Discourse Analysis, political development, Islamic Revolution, Pahlavi discourse, Islamic Revolution discourse, Islam