The social activities of the bazaars in the direction of organizing the Islamic Revolution

Bazaars, as one of the urban social classes, have long had a wide role and influence in various areas of urban life. To the extent that their widespread position in the social sphere, in particular, has led to the influence and connection with religious structures and institutions, including the clergy, mosques and religious bodies. This social status, naturally and influencing the social spheres, had effects and consequences in the political arena. Gradually, from the early 1940s, the bazaars took on various roles in the field of political activism, including the revolutionary movement of the people led by the revolutionary clergy.This article seeks to answer the question of what socially important roles the bazaars played in the Islamic Revolution and how these roles facilitated the revolutionary process. The method used in this article is to study documents and resource libraries related to the research topic. As a result, the bazaars, by using their extensive influence on the arena of traditional Iranian civil society, influenced the revolutionary action of other agents of the revolution and the revolutionary mobilization of the people.