Investigation of Obstaclesto realizationof Good Governance in Iranian Political Culture

Good Governnaace Theory has attracted the attention of many communities since 1990s as the favorable development and management pattern. Despite the introduction of this theory in Iran and the correspondence of its main indices with Iranian belief and legal bases, rarely a serious movement has emerged to fulfil good governance in Iran. Though this matter is related to politics, there are some obstacles to execute it in the state and political system. Through reviewing previous studies with documentary method, this article shows that the main challenge of good governance in Iran is that it deals with applicable political culture, so that for each good governance index there are political culture indices that prevents the fulfilment of those indices. For removing these obstacles, more attention should be paid to political culture and practical measuresshould be taken with the focus on the role of thestate to reform political culture.