Explaining Discourse and Symbolic Indexes of Jaish ul-'Adl Terrorist Group in Opposition with Islamic Republic of Iran

As the largest area of religious minority in the country with high ethnic density and tribe-clan social structure, Sistan and Baluchestan province has always been an appropriate region for the formation of legitimizing violent discourses which are one of the greatest security challenges of the Islamic Republic of Iran within its territories. Applying Laclau and Mouffe's theory of discourse analysis with a descriptive analysis approach, this article has studied legitimizing violent discourse of Jaish ul- 'Adl terrorist group in 1393 AH and through analyzing this group's statements and using first hand sources, it has introduced symbolic legitimizing indexes of this group so that conditions for programming and policy making in terms of identity and discourse to suppress these legitimizing indexes as a step to consolidate revolution's bases in this province. This article has used library data and statements of this terrorist group in 1393 AH.