Stability and Balance in Islamic Republic of Iran

During former three decades, the Islamic Republic of Iran has faced volatility and changes in the basic directions in its policies which have resulted in a kind of imbalance in the policies. The opposite concept of imbalance and instability may be regarded as stability and balance. This paper is based on structural functionalist model of Parsons, in order to illustrate an ideal condition for stability and balance for the Islamic Republic and show Disfunction and Imbalance in the Islamic Republic. In this regard, the balancing function of state, the balance between sub-systems, the balance between social aspirations, the balance between social forces and balance between the functions of government are the bases of stability and balance, which will be discussed in the paper.