Investigating the Role of Symbols in Reinforcement and Advancing Islamist Currents; Sociological Analysis

The Islamist movement was one of the socio-political movements of the Pahlavi opposition, which was presented as an alternative to the monarchist movement and played a major role in the collapse of the Pahlavi regime. The main features of this flow are compared to other trends, the presence of numerous symbols in its text, and the great potential of Islamist leaders and intellectuals in symbolism. This research examines the role of symbols in strengthening and advancing the goals of the Pahlavi Islamist movement. The findings of this study indicate that symbols are the most important means of communication, language and writing of this process, which has played a special role in guiding and stimulating the actors involved in this process. Symbolic concepts attributed to this stream such as martyrdom, absenteeism, waiting, Muharram, Ashura and ... like the symbolic, facilitated the spiritual and ideological connections between the Islamists, and during the process, while motivating, empathizing, and mobilizing The opposition; they strengthened the coherence and survival of the Islamist process.