The Posed Popular Political Participation Challenges to the Political System of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Public participation which is usually concomitant to the distribution and transfer of power is considered by some quarter to be the most important elements of legitimacy. The right of public political participation and implementation of policies by publically elected institutions is the hallmark of political development. Also¡ universal franchise and public political participation means selfdetermination¡ and independence which provides legality and legitimacy to the political system. To achieve universal suffrage and political participation in a fair and free election it is necessary to rethink and change the cultural¡ economic¡ social and political infrastructures. However¡ to bring about such major changes and restructuring of social institutions poses some immediate threat to the stability of political system which may lead to political decay rather than political development. The objective of this paper is how political system should go about bring changes to its intuitions with maintaining its stability and legitimacy.