Imam Khomeini’s Political Personality Analysis from Carl Rogers and Adler’s Perspective: A Psychological Analysis

The analysis of political figures and perceiving the context in which the politicians have come to power is one of the main axes of analysis in political psychology. The two-way relationship between politics and psychology means the understanding of politics from the perspective of psychology and the understanding of psychology from the perspective of politics. In other words, political psychology and its approaches belong to broad fields such as the role of leadership and personality cult in political behavior. Explaining the nature, personality and political behavior of Imam Khomeini's leadership and the reason for his profound influence on social, cultural political developments is the purpose of this article so that it can help us to find a methodical understanding and analyze it more than before. Based on the political psychology, the main question is that what interactions were between the Imam Khomeini's personality and his style of leadership and the observance of political and human ethics? And what were the components of Imam Khomeini's political behavior in attracting people during the Islamic Revolution? The findings of this study, using conceptualization and analytical-documentary and library method, show the interaction of Imam Khomeini's personality and leadership style based on his unique political role in attracting people in the process of the Islamic Revolution and basically Imam's interaction with the elites and the scholars and his special life style since he always had simple living as a priority in his life and it has been very influential in his permanence