Evaluation of political science in Iran

The subject of this paper is to assess the status of political knowledge in Iran from the perspective of the scholars of this field. Due to The long history of political science in Iran and, however considering the doctrine of the evolution of the humanities and social sciences by the Iranian government, the critical recognition of the existing situation of this branch of knowledge is necessary. The population of this research, which has been carried out with the aim of providing a comprehensive picture of the views of existing scholars, is the articles and scientific works of the scholars of the field of political science published between 2009 and 2015. The research findings, which have been conducted using the N-vivo 10 qualitative analysis software, indicate that the scholars of this field generally assess the field weak. Along with some of the strengths mentioned above for existing knowledge, the weaknesses mentioned for political knowledge can be categorized at the three levels by the continuum of the macro-political-social system, the level of science, and the level of the scientific community.