Iranian Identity Issues in the Fourth Decade of Revolution A Close Look at the Historical Study of Identity and Analysis of Ayatollah Khamenei's Statements

In order to give new thoughts to identity issues in the modern era, it is necessary to develop an attitude based on the field facts and analyze the views of contemporary scholars in this field. To come to the view that another side of negativity in identity issues is to reflect them positively and effectively, requires an appropriate attempts in this regard. Analyzing the content of Ayatollah Khamenei's remarks by focusing on the content of the guidelines is the result of an attempt to identify three dimensions of the identity of the fourth decade of the revolution - Iranian, Islamic, national, and revolutionary dimensions - As a result, identity issues, in addition to their negative effects, are characterized and evaluated positively as: spreading the spirit of defending the independent borders of national and religious identity in the people; felling of identity based on the Islamic values, developing the moral of staying against the enemies and super powers, the emergence of a spirit of resistance against the arrogant enemies inside the country and spreading this feeling among the other Muslim nations. Moreover,using quantitative content analysis of remarks by employing Max Q Da software, is among the specific features of this study.