Development and Empowerment of Capital Market in Line with Resistance Economy (with an Emphasis on Supporting and Protecting the Rights of Small Shareholders)

of the examined indices in reporting the World Bank Business is the investor protection index. With regard to the fact that controllers' misuses in the public share companies has always been one of the discussed subjects in corporate governance and one of particular concerns of small investors, ه t is necessary to protect the small shareholders against managers and controlling shareholders' misuses. After notifying the general policies of resistance economy by Iran's Supreme Leader and focusing on issues such as democratizing economy, reforming and strengthening the overall financial system, and the transparency of economic activities, it seems necessary to pay more attention to supporting and protecting the rights of small shareholders. This paper examines how and why to protect the rights of small shareholders, greater recognition of the resistance economy and the role of the capital market in the implementation of the resistance economy policies, and improving the business condition. Using grounded theory, the Supreme Leader's remarks on the resistance were researched and the research model on the issue of "development and empowerment of the capital markets in order to fulfill the objectives of the resistance economy" was extracted. Since each segment of the model is somehow associated with the rights of the small shareholders and one of the consequences of capital market development, according to this model, is the presence of the public, private sectors, and cooperatives in the country's economy, suggestions and strategies are presented for the development of some mechanisms and instruments in corporate governance in order to support and protect the rights of small shareholders to improve the business condition, to create confidence for investors and to reach the objectives of the resistance economy