The Influence of Salafi-Takfiri Political Thought on the Insecurity of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Undoubtedly, the Islamic Republic of Iran always faces several dangers in terms of ensuring its national security. One of these dangers is creating insecurity in society. These insecurities are the result of the terrorist activities of extremist groups affiliated with the Salafist ideology, which are becoming more widespread and increasingly violent. This study seeks to investigate and determine the impact or influence of extremist Salafist political thought on the insecurity of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The growing trend of extremist Salafist courses is such that we are witnessing many events in Muslim countries every day, and it seems that this issue will spread to all Muslim countries. These actions, while causing serious damage to the security of Islamic countries, have also created many problems for the international community and have led to the introduction of Islam as a source of violence in the world. These groups have unsecured the communities of the West Asian region and inflicted deadly blows on them. The present study with a descriptive-analytical method tries to answer the question that what is the effect of the political thought of extremist Salafis in creating insecurity in the Islamic Republic of Iran? The type of research in this study is applied and developmental. To conduct the research, the methods of studying related texts, collecting information through library study, reviewing documents and interviewing experts and thinkers in this field have been used. The statistical population of the study is about 25 Defenders of the Shrine, experts of the subject matter and university professors. To determine the sample size, qualitative and non-probabilistic sampling method has been used, based on the results and the fact that the researcher studied, the theoretical saturation by conducting the required interviews, the sample size is considered equal to 25 people. Based on the theoretical data and also reviewing the statistical sample interviews according to the proposed model, the researchers have been analyzed the main and secondary research questions and examined the influence of extremist Salafist political thought in creating insecurity to the Islamic Republic of Iran. Finally, by explaining the results of the extremist Salafist political ideas, solutions and suggestions to prevent further insecurity have been presented.