Indicators of Police at the Level of the Islamic Revolution from the Point of View of the Imams of the Revolution

The system of transcendental thoughts of Imam Khomeini and the Supreme Leader regarding the police has an effective role in the formation of the Islamic police and at the level of the revolution and the purpose of this research is to discover and extract the indicators of police at the level of the Islamic Revolution from the perspective of Imam Khomeini and Imam Khamenei and to present the approaches to its realization in I. R. I. Police. In order to achieve this, it was necessary to collect all the speeches of the Imams of the revolution from 1978 to 2021 related to I. R. I. Police.

This research is qualitative in nature and thematic analysis method was used. The method of data collection is through note taking in the form of documents and a library study, which is from the collection of statements and interviews of the Imam included in the Book of Sahifa Noor, as well as the statements of Imam Khamenei in the data base of the Office of the Supreme Leader.

The statements and orders of the imams of the revolution, the path of realizing the police in the wake of the revolution were divided into seven main components (God-centeredness and spiritualism, religious and political insight, morality, authority and kindness, humanity, excellence and progress, rule of law) and 25 sub-components.

Iran's Islamic revolution has been a revolution in the nature and spirit of institutions and organizations, which has been manifested in the thoughts of imams. The statements and guidelines of the imams of the revolution regarding the police and its characteristics in the Islamic society are the best indicators for determining the characteristics of a police officer at the level of the Islamic Republic. If the discourse raised by the Imams of the revolution is fully realized, the structure and system of I. R. I. Police with a meaningful and uplifting approach can bring respectable functions to society and citizens. One of the important components of the police is the presence of authority. The authority of the police force in an Islamic system should be power with compassion and authority with flexibility. The Supreme Leader considers it necessary to form a completely favorable image of the police force in the minds of the people and believes: "The image of a kind and powerful friend of the police force must be drawn in the minds of the people".