An Analysis of Gender Justice in the Political Structure of Islamic Republic of Iran: 1997-2006

The main purpose of this article is to explain how gender justice works in government and executive institutions of the Islamic Republic of Iran and seeks to answer this question: what are the main challenges of government and executive institutions in relation to gender justice?

The method used in this study is descriptive- analytical based on Institutionalist theory utilizing documentary and library data to answer the main research question.

  The results indicate that dual sources of legitimacy and legal barriers are major challenges of the government in dealing with gender justice.

Findings of this article declares that in the study of gender justice in the 5 sections, namely, government attitudes, laws, decrees, regulations and development programs, the signs of justice are mixed with the signs of gender justice in order to create a positive feeling in the performance of government. However, in practice, there has been no significant relationship between gender Justice and the general orientation of government and executive institutions, which indicates the weak and unacceptable approach of this period at the macro level.