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The victory of the Islamic Revolution in 1979 under the leadership of Imam Khomeini led to the formation of a new value system in Iranian society. Extensive changes were made at the level of political elites, social structures and relations between people in the society and caused the transformation of Iran's political culture. The main question of the article is this: "How has the Islamic Revolution affected the political culture of Iran in the period from 1979 to 1989?". The conformity of the norms and values of the political elites and the people had greatly increased the legitimacy of the political system. Public and political participation of the people in supporting the political system expanded. Participation had a mass form, but from the perspective of political culture, people believed that they had the ability to influence the political process. The emphasis of this article is that the social and political behavior of Iranians after the revolution was influenced by Shia teachings. Shia elements, concepts and symbols were reproduced at the level of the society with the occurrence of the Islamic revolution and caused the expansion of the "meme" of solidarity, cooperation and the rule of "non-monetary relationships" in the network of social relations, and the positive function of religion in the social and political structure of Iran was shown. The current research is from the perspective of political sociology with a descriptive-analytical qualitative method and the collection of materials has been done in the library

In less than a decade, Iranian society has experienced several significant political protests. One of the notable instances occurred in November 2019, following a rise in gasoline prices, which led to widespread protests across various cities in Iran and resulted in political instability. The present study focuses on the concept of relative deprivation as a critical factor contributing to these violent protests. Aiming at reducing the potential for political violence in Iranian society, we seek to answer the following question: How did the formation and impact of relative deprivation contribute to the political instability in November 2019? In response, the hypothesis proposed in this paper is as follows: With the onset of President Rouhani’s second administration in 2017, value expectations (concerning welfare, power, and interpersonal relations) among the populace increased, while the means available to achieve these goals diminished. The failure to attain these objectives resulted in the formation of progressive relative deprivation. The research findings indicate that the shock of the gasoline price hike provided an opportunity for the expression of this discontent. This discontent, recontextualized within the framework of new communication channels and internet culture, found a powerful platform in social networks, which played an unparalleled role in spreading dissatisfaction. The result was political instability in November 2019. This paper applies Ted Robert Gurr’s theory of relative deprivation and it is written by process tracing (causal) method. The library method is also used for data collection.