Rentier Pseudo-capitalist State; the Result of the Paradoxes of the Organic, Instrumental and Rentier State in the Islamic Republic of Iran

The Islamic Republic of Iran cannot be classified in the classical models of regimes in political economy, and understanding the internal and external logic of its behavior in conventional theoretical frameworks faces difficulties. This research seeks to present a conceptual model in understanding the nature of political order and behavioral drivers in the Islamic Republic of Iran under the theories of political economy. Uncertainty in the fundamental relations between the institutions of the state, market and civil society has organized the political economy order of the Islamic Republic in a way that, while being incompatible with all kinds of classical liberal, socialist, fascist and communist orders, elements of each of these orders has in it. This uncertainty is rooted in the simultaneous presence of two conflicting philosophical bases regarding the nature and functions of the state, which are conceptualized in organic and instrumental approaches, and these two conflicting philosophical bases, in the simultaneous existence of parallel and hierarchical structures of conflicting social roles have been determined. In addition, the rentier nature of the state in Iran, as a mediating variable, has weakened the possibility of adjustment and reform in this political economy system. In this research, an appropriate conceptual model for understanding this order of political economy has been conceptualized in " Rentier pseudo-capitalist state".