Explaining Strategic visions and public policies for ethnic diversity management in Islamic Republic of Iran

Most countries in terms of the combination of linguistic, religious and ethnic groups are heterogeneous. The heterogeneity of ethnic diversity has raised fundamental questions about how to respond to the issues of this diversity and appropriate politics. Iran has always been ethnically diverse and has experienced a variety of ethnic politics. The study of the history of ethnic diversity in Iran, especially in the contemporary era, has shown that this is one of the grounds for abusing to pressure governments. This paper tries to investigate the issue of ethnic diversity and related policies in the Iran using Bruce Smith public policy model and applying a qualitative research approach based on thematic analysis research method. The results of the qualitative coding indicate that public policies such as decentralization in policy making, educating people of ethnic groups, strengthening monitoring of trusted institution in accessing the strategic objectives of ethnic diversity management, especially the content of Meta policies documents and the Constitution is influential