second step statement

In February 2018, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, in a manifesto titled the Second Step of the Islamic Revolution Statement, explained the three-fold status of the past, present, and future of the system that emerged from the Islamic Revolution, and explained the most important indicators that advance and achieve the goals and ideals of the Islamic Republic. This study, while assuming the statement as a visionary document, used a descriptive-analytical method to raise the question of what the strategies and strategies for implementing the statement are. In response to this hypothesis, it was proposed that paying attention to science and the necessity of localizing it and converting it into technology, creating discourse, empowering youth, increasing national power, and injecting hope into a possible tomorrow are the most important components for implementing the statement. The findings show that first, this statement has a high capacity and ability to be implemented and guarantee the life of the Islamic Republic. Secondly, this statement helps the authorities to have the most important solutions in policymaking and programs by understanding the current conditions and correctly analyzing the future.

High-level documents in any country fundamentally influence the patterns and criteria of governance. In the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Constitution serves as the primary foundational document, establishing the principles and foundations of governance following the Islamic Revolution. This document has shaped the legal and political basis of the Islamic Republic and has acted as a guide for policymaking and major decision-making in the country over the past four decades. In 2018, on the threshold of entering the fifth decade of the Islamic Republic’s existence, Ayatollah Khamenei issued a statement titled “The Second Step of the Islamic Revolution.” This statement, as a new high-level document, encompasses various aspects of politics, culture, science, economy, and society, outlining a roadmap for the future of the Islamic Republic of Iran in its “Second Step.” In this context, the statement specifically emphasizes the necessity of reconsidering approaches and policies, aiming to strengthen and improve governance in the country. This research initially aims to extract a governance model from the contents of the Second Step document (independent variable) and subsequently examines the compatibility between this model and the global document of “Good Governance” (moderating variable) through a comparative analysis, assessing their alignment with the country’s development (dependent variable). The research seeks to answer the following question: Can a coherent model for policymaking in the country be derived from the content of the Second Step statement of the Islamic Revolution? For public policymaking in Iran, which has better conditions between the content of the Second Step statement of the Islamic Revolution and good governance (global definition)? The authors’ hypothesis is based on the premise that the implementation of the components of the Second Step statement of the Islamic Revolution can lead to an improvement in the quality of governance and an increase in the efficiency of public policymaking in Iran. Furthermore, the alignment of the principles of the Second Step statement with global good governance criteria indicates the potential of this statement to create a sustainable and effective model for public policymaking.

The statement of the second step is a strategic document to continue the path of the revolution, which, in addition to describing the past situation, shows the path of the future and can be considered as a guiding light to better see the future path of Islamic Iran. One of the most important areas that is considered in the statement is the defense and security of the country, which is carried out by the armed forces. The purpose of this research is to examine the role of the armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran in realizing the declaration of the second step of the Islamic Revolution of Iran. The findings of this research, which was carried out using a descriptive method of content analysis, show that the armed forces, including the Islamic Republic Army, having characteristics such as being popular, having an Islamic identity, knowledge and insight, and religious observance, adherence to Islamic principles and Elahi, defensive readiness and maintaining security and territorial integrity and the Revolutionary Guards by maintaining the values and ideals of the revolution and its achievements, defensive readiness, creating and maintaining internal unity and training Islamic leaders to remain revolutionary and maintain their authority and Faraja, by establishing stability in the country's security, guarding and protecting Naja, maintaining its authority, maintaining the morals and spirituality and religious and religious values of its members, dealing with people correctly and politely, having authority against lawbreakers, can fulfill the statement.

AbstractIran's Islamic Revolution, as a religious revolution, was able to achieve victory and stabilize the Islamic Republic by relying on spirituality as soft power. Spirituality is a component that is considered in the statement of the second step as one of the main axes of this strategic document; Therefore, the position of spirituality in the soft power of the Islamic Revolution needs to be re-read and addressed to issues such as "the role and function of spirituality in promoting the soft power of the Islamic Revolution, the indicators of religious and revolutionary spirituality, the characteristics of competing discourses compared to the spiritual discourse of the Islamic Revolution, and the essential role of the element of spirituality." In increasing the soft power of the Islamic Revolution at the domestic and international levels, attention should be paid. In the present study, attention is paid to the spiritual indicators of the second step statement, such as the spiritual values of sincerity, sacrifice, trust, faith, and rationality, which are not seen in the competing discourses of emerging spiritualities, and instead, by isolating members, irrational sectarianism, and extreme pluralism of sects, and with The use of symbolism has sought to fill the spiritual void of man in the era of modernity, explaining the spiritual discourse of the Islamic Revolution to the public opinion is the way to deal with the challenges and dangers that the new currents create for the original revolutionary spirituality. Keywords: spiritual discourse, soft power, second step statement, indicators of spirituality, rival discourse.

One of the fundamental necessities, based on the goals of the Islamic Revolution, is theorizing to realize the "New Islamic Civilization" and formulating strategies for "Iran's Dignity" in the "Global Historical Turn." According to the theories presented, whose scientific authority is Ayatollah Khamenei, processes have been defined to establish an Islamic government and ultimately achieve the aforementioned goal. As emphasized by Ayatollah Khamenei, the main step in the civilizational movement of the Islamic Revolution at the current stage is the establishment of an Islamic government. In this regard, the issuance of the Statement of the Second Phase of the Revolution has sought to outline a vision for this objective. The aim of this research is to extract the indicators of an ideal and benchmark government of the Islamic Revolution in both value-based and behavioral dimensions, focusing on regional and international levels. In this context, the characteristics of an ideal and benchmark government aligned with the discourse of the Statement of the Second Phase of the Revolution have been examined. The results of this research, conducted using descriptive-analytical methods and library tools through document analysis, indicate that the most important characteristics of the benchmark government of the Revolution at the regional and Islamic world levels include: unity-seeking and peace advocacy, being the "Umm al-Qura" (central nation) and modeling an Iranian-Islamic paradigm, security-building, and supporting resistance. At the international level, the behavioral indicators include: adherence to the principles of dignity, wisdom, and expediency, anti-hegemonic independence-seeking, ethical orientation, and commitment to international agreements and obligations.

Due to the constant changes, continuous dynamics and environmental instability of the economic environment in Iran, analysis, control of drivers and foresight based on it has become more and more necessary. Therefore, the present study seeks to identify and analyze the key drivers affecting the future of the Iranian economy in order to realize forward-looking strategic document of the second step of the Supreme Leader's revolution. The present study is descriptive in terms of purpose and survey in terms of research strategies. For conducting research, the method combined with the dominant sequential exploration strategy has been used. First, the drivers were identified qualitatively and with the help of expert opinions, and were classified according to the EPISTELU model, which is a more complete model of environmental analysis, into eight groups: economic, political, institutional, social, technological, legal, academic and environmental. Then, using the fuzzy Delphi method, first the experts' opinions were collected through the distribution of a questionnaire and the drivers were prioritized. Then, by drawing the scatter diagram based on the two axes of uncertainty and impact, the main drivers were selected. The findings of the present study show that exchange rates, political stability, inflation control, oil and economic sanctions on Iran, economic corruption; Digital economy, e-government, productivity and knowledge-based industries, youth unemployment, and participation and social capital are the10 key drivers of the future of Iran's economy. Finally, based on the research findings, policy proposals for the Iranian economy are presented.

Revealing and explaining the requirements and strategies that the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, has proposed in order to achieve a modern Islamic civilization as the most important goal of the Islamic Republic is of particular importance and can help everyone to walk this path. Achieving these requirements and solutions which have been done by emphasizing the statement of the second step of the revolution and with a descriptive and analytical method, shows that in order to achieve this goal, some things, such as using the experience and lessons of the past, hope and optimism for the future, attention to spiritual and moral affairs, and the preservation and continuation of national dignity, independence and freedom, are essential things. Some things, such as using science and knowledge, trying to achieve a resilient economy, using natural and human capacities and improving lifestyle, are strategies and measures that should be considered in order to follow this path.

One of the events that caused tremendous changes in the region and the world and became the source of many changes in approaches and views in the field of religious and political issues, especially in the Islamic world, was the phenomenon of the Islamic Revolution of Iran. According to the nature and goals of this political movement, many obstacles inside and outside the country tried to damage and weaken its structural components, which so far, despite all measures, did not harm the goals of the revolution. After more than four decades of Nizam's life, the leader of the Islamic Republic made a statement under the title of the second step. Considering the Shari'a and legal status, as well as their complete understanding of how and why changes were made during this period, therefore, analyzing the goals of this statement is of great importance. Dealing with this issue, which has multiple and multifaceted dimensions, is considered a very important task. Therefore, in this article, an attempt has been made to examine one of the dimensions in the form of the pathology of the developments of the first four decades (the first step) to discuss the necessity of publishing this statement. The research method used in the upcoming article is content and document analysis. Finally, the findings show that during the forty-year period of the Islamic Revolution, according to the analysis of the trends, major challenges can be achieved at three domestic, regional and international levels. Therefore, in order to achieve the real goals of this important revolutionary document, it is very important to know and understand its historical roots.

The Islamic Revolution and its consequences in the cultural, political and social spheres have affected the issue of national identity. Being Iranian plays a key role in determining the needs that the development model is designed to meet. In the second step of the revolution, according to the historical developments, the adaptation of national identity to the new needs of Iranian society is necessary. Despite the importance of traditional elements of Iranian identity (history, land, myths, common culture, etc.) at present, these parameters do not seem to be effective in solving current problems of society. Therefore, to solve the current challenges of national and Iranian identity, we must move towards the values, common beliefs and human standards of the revolution. In this regard, the statement of the second step of the Islamic Revolution is a picture of the future of Iran to achieve a new Islamic civilization, which in the context of paying attention to the components of national identity, is possible in seven axes. In this paper, we answer the question, where is the place of national identity in the statement of the second step of the revolution? The authors claim that the declaration of the second step of the revolution is a sure framework for achieving new components of national identity. Today, the issue of the statement of the second step of the revolution, by supporting and protecting the past achievements of national identity, has the ability to realize the capacity of new components of national identity.

The main question of this article is how to explain the ‘Second Step Movement’, drawing upon the movement pattern. The reason why this question is dealt with in this article is the significance of the ‘Second Step Statement’ as an instruction as well as a road map which was proposed by the Grand AyatullÁh KhÁmenei. The method used in this article is the ‘movement pattern’ attributed to ÝAllÁmeh ÓabaÔabÁÐ by means of which the components of the mover, the moved, the starting point, the goal, time and place are studied. According to the Second Step Statement, the mover find its expression in such things as Divine motivation, knowledge, and research and the moved can be exemplified into the ‘youth’, ‘Iranian society and ‘Muslim community’. The stating point is the second forty-year period after the triumph of the Islamic Revolution of Iran. The time allocated to this movement is almost a fifty-year period during which Iran is supposed to attain a new Islamic civilization, and the place where this movement happens is, in the 1st phase, Iran and the Irianian Muslim community in particular and, in the second phase, Muslim community in general. And finally, the goal is the establishment of a new Islamic civilization and the idea of paving the way for the reappearance of the Grand Authority of the Imam of the Time, al-Mahdi, (may God hasten his reappearance). The findings of the research show that achieving the goals of the Second Step Statement like that of the first one is caused by the constituents the most important of which is to act on the guidance and guidelines of the Imam and leader of the Muslim community.

The Islamic Revolution of Iran has been realized on the basis of Mahdism and the Imams of the Revolution have sought to create a society waiting for the reappearance of the Imam due to the presentation of strategic plans. One of the most important guidelines of the Supreme Leader of the Revolution in the present age is the statement of the second step of the revolution, the main purpose of which is to bring the revolution closer to its great ideal, which is to prepare for the sunrise of the great province. The present study answers this question: What is the place of the doctrine of Mahdavi justice in achieving the goals of the second step of the Islamic Revolution of Iran? (Problem) To investigate this issue, a combination of content analysis method in qualitative research and retrospective research method has been used. (Method)To answer this question, in the first stage, the role of Mahdavi teachings in the realization of the first stage of the Islamic Revolution and in the second stage, how to prepare for the rising sun of the province (AS) is explained based on the statement of the second step.

Although the Islamic Revolution of Iran is at first glance a political and social revolution, but a deeper study of its dimensions shows significant educational aspects that have left many effects both domestically and internationally. A new aspect that can be mentioned will also play a significant role in reproducing the soft power of the Islamic Revolution of Iran. In addition, the draft statement of the second step of the Islamic Revolution, which is of special importance for the issue of education, clearly shows the continuity of education and the increase of the soft power of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Accordingly, the present study deals with the issue of what are the basics of education of the Islamic Revolution in the field of reproduction of soft power with emphasis on the statement of the second step? The answer that can be provided is that the characteristics of dignity and morality, anti-arrogance, independence and self-reliance, the denial of colonialism, political education based on religious democracy as aspects of the foundations of education and training of the Islamic Revolution based on the statement are the second step. They also have the power to produce soft power. The method used in the present study is descriptive-analytical and by collecting materials from the statements of Imam Khomeini (RA), Ayatollah Khamenei, their opinions in different books and reviewing the statement of the second step has been done.

One of the most basic tools of governance is drawing the goal and planning for the realization of the results and fruits of the adopted policies. The future is a vague and mysterious concept that human beings have made and are making significant efforts to manage, control, predict. Policy-making without considering its future would be unreasonable and unacceptable. Accordingly, one of the things that political systems should pay special attention to is futurism what they are trying to achieve through their programs and policies. The Islamic Republic of Iran has not overlooked this issue due to its experience of 4 decades of governance and policy-making.The issuance of the second step statement by the Supreme Leader on the fortieth anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution can be measured and evaluated in this regard. Accordingly, the question of this article will be: What is the position of the second step statement in the futuristic approach of the Islamic Republic of Iran? The hypothesis drawn, in response to the question posed is as follows; The second step statement has a strategic and decisive position in the future of the Islamic Republic of Iran. In fact, with the emphasis of the Supreme Leader in all pillars of the system, this approach is becoming the main axis of affairs in various matters. This article will use the analytical-explanatory method and based on the scenario writing method in the future of research, to examine the forty-year performance of the Islamic Republic on the orbit of futurism.

The historical developments of contemporary Iran coincide with the new era of Islamic awakening, which has similarities with the events of the flourishing period of Islam. What has been studied in the present study is to receive the elements of civilization of the Islamic Republic of Iran and enumerate the impact of the revolution on their reproduction. These elements are based on the provisions of the Supreme Leader's second step statement, emphasizing the movement of the last forty years. Also, in order to identify more comprehensive features, the researchers of the article have tried to explain the necessary features in the construction of Iranian civilization in fifteen studied features. Finally, these characteristics are summarized in five sections: "Historical identity, revolutionary resistance, Mahdavi ideal, inner prosperity, and spiritual culture." Sterling's descriptive-analytical approach and method of thematic analysis is a systematization of its tables and scientific tools. Also, research resources are based on library research of related works. The result is that the emergence of the Islamic Revolution of Iran by influencing the production or strengthening of components such as "history and land and language, politics and government and security, thought and myth and ideal, science and development, religion and culture and media and family", It has been able to play a positive role in this regard so that the civilizing capacities of the Islamic world can be realized in a tangible way.

In the period of geopolitical transition, each country establishes its position in the pyramid of global power based on the activities and achievements achieved in this period. The main purpose of this study is to identify strategies for maximizing the power of Iran's regions in the geopolitical transition period in West Asia. The research question is how Iran can increase its regional power in this transition period. The type of applied research and the method of doing it are also descriptive and case-contextual. The results show that in the geopolitical transition period, Iran can take advantage of the geopolitical opportunities and advantages of this period to maximize the power of its regions by formulating a geopolitical strategy and regional networking, active access to the network of brokers and agents. Internalize power in the face of threats and pave the way for the realization of the declaration of the second step of the Islamic Revolution in the regional sphere.

The main requirement in managing Iran's economy is a deep and systematic understanding of micro and macro economic issues. The lack of a system of issues undermines effective policy-making in economic development and leads to numerous analyzes and interpretations, and of course, a lack of serious understanding on the challenges of the Iranian economy. Accordingly, the present study has been compiled with the aim of designing a coherent theoretical system in the field of Iranian economic issues based on the analysis of the content of the second step statement. For this purpose, initially, based on the method of content analysis, a set of economic issues of the country is calculated; Then, using the interpretive-structural method (ISM), the system of Iranian economic problems was extracted. The research findings show that Iran's economic problems have three structural, managerial and international aspects and are located in six levels. Statehood of the economy at the first level, neglect of the needy and untapped capacities at the second level, economic corruption, outward looking at internal capacities and poor budgeting at the third level, discrimination in access to public resources, economic dependence on oil, youth unemployment, economic sanctions , The temptations of the enemy, non-compliance with priorities and instability in executive policies at the fourth level, class gap and income poverty at the fifth level and the existence of excessive costs at the sixth level of the system of economic issues of Iran..

The statement of the second step, issued by the wise leader of the Islamic Revolution on February 13, 2017 on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution of Iran, is a strategic charter to determine the policy and continuation of the honorable life of the revolution in the second forty ‌شمار می‌آید. In terms of content, this statement can be considered as containing three parts and answering three key questions; 1- How and where did we start the revolution? 2- What is the way passed and where have we reached now? 3. What is the roadmap for the future and where should we go? In addition to explicit messages, using the hypertext analysis method of the above-mentioned statement, five important and decisive actions can be identified in order to face and overcome the five major challenges facing the Islamic Revolution in the second step: 1- Accurate knowledge of the Islamic Revolution , In order to face the challenge of "distortion and the heart of truth", 2- Accurate transfer of the principles and values ​​of the revolution to future generations, in order to face the challenge of "generational rupture of the revolution", 3- Putting the youth at the center of the revolution in the second step, In order to face the challenge of "popular acceptance of the revolution", 4- Hope and optimistic view of internal capacities, in order to face the challenge of "despair and passivity", 5- Jihadi management, in order to face the challenge of "inefficiency".

Revolutions come, not to be made. But if a revolution like the Islamic Revolution is built, it will become a foundation, which alone will take its next steps! But how? Continuous revolution is a concept that can be used to answer this question. However, if we are faced with the question of how to achieve the second step of the Islamic Revolution? The hypothetical answer is that with a continuous revolution, not in the socialist sense, but in a concept at the level of the Islamic revolution, it can be achieved. But this study requires a new method, which, by building a theoretical basis for the leadership of the revolution, is provided in the first speech of the second step statement. Continuous Revolution At the level of the Islamic Revolution, the five components of the revolutionary movement and values ​​include resistance, self-improvement and revolutionary civilization, which help to strengthen and achieve each other in a hierarchical system.

The statement of the second step of the Islamic Revolution was compiled and published by the Supreme Leader of the Revolution at the same time as the Fajr decade of 1997. Researchers believe that one of the tools that this statement has been able to use to achieve its realization is the use of imaging approach. In this approach, which is one of the tools of futures research, the share of agents in the realization of the future is considered high and through illustration of this future, an attempt is made to enhance the general image of the actors of the future and lead to a single horizon. It will be a single horizon.
In this research, firstly, the characteristics of the imaging approach in this statement have been identified and secondly, the images in the statement have been extracted. In order to achieve the first goal, the content analysis method was used and after interviewing the experts regarding their perception of imagery in the second step statement, these interviews were summarized and 43 basic themes were extracted from them. These themes constituted 14 organizing themes and finally 4 all-encompassing themes were extracted from them.
In order to achieve the second goal of the research, by holding an expert panel, the statements regarding the images in the statement were extracted and combined with each other, and the various images that were in the statement were extracted through this. Finally, by combining these images, the super-image of the future of the Islamic Revolution was extracted.

Undoubtedly, the statement of the second step of the Islamic Revolution is a reflection of the intellectual system of the greatest revolution of the century, and its analysis and explanation requires various approaches. The use of structuralist linguistic ideas, especially binary oppositions, to analyze the structure of meaning formation can be one of these approaches; Explain that the explanation and analysis of texts in order to approach complex interpretations of language and thought has always been of interest to thinkers and researchers. In structuralism, the deep principles of the structure of binary oppositions are very important (Selden, 1996: p. 14). Discovering the binary oppositions of a text is one of the general readings and strategies of text interpretation and one of the main methods of navigating the text and meaning with the aim of analyzing and explaining the structural factors affecting discourse because text units are based on their interrelationships with identity. The purpose of this study is to explain the statement of the second step of the Islamic Revolution from the perspective of binary oppositions with descriptive-analytical and comparative methods. Although in the introduction the origin and evolution of this theory is discussed, but in this article we try to explore the binary oppositions of ideas. The axis of the revolution in the second step statement should be done with the aim of explanation and interpretation. Finding these contrasts, in addition to helping to understand the speaker's main purpose, acquaints the reader with a different interpretation of the discourse governing the statement. As a result, in addition to obtaining the meaning of some concepts due to their opposite poles, by extracting the network, the positive and negative alignment of the semantic chains and the governing structure in the statement are analyzed.