Intellectual tradition of Islamic left and its rapport on the thought of the political system in contemporary Iran

Left thought in Iran has resulted from the political and economic situation in contemporary period, which influence the Iranian thought, and at the same time had been affected from some Iranian-Islamic characteristics. This interaction resulted of a new form of this thought in Iran, which has named Islamic left tradition. The most important results of this tradition can be seen as forming of political thought in recent history generally in one hand and the political system after the Islamic Revolution particularly on the other hand. In this paper, the impact of the Islamic left thought of the government has been analyzed after explaining this tradition. The result of this paper has shown that the initial left thought has affected on the definition of the government extensiveduties because of its particular approach about government. In addition, this idea has explained a specific type of democracy in the Islamic state of which one of the most important features is the belief of guidance and directing the society towards a single school of thought and It's emphasis on choosing the leader and officials from the specific ideology and school. This definition of the democracy has influenced the theorists of Islamic Revolution.