Strategic Studies Quarterly

Abstract The present article seeks to answer the question of what effect Iranian clerics living in Iraq had on the developments of the first Pahlavi period and what was their reaction to Reza Shah's government's actions that had important consequences on religion and the position of the clergy in Iran? The main hypothesis is that Iranian clerics and religious authorities living in Iraq could not be the source of influence in the developments during Reza Shah's rule. This was rooted in various issues that have been examined in detail in this article. The research method in this article is based on the method of historical analysis and description. Historical documents and sources, research sources of domestic and foreign authors related to the first Pahlavi period, and journals are some of the sources used in this article.

Abstract With the victory of the Islamic Revolution, many of the dominant discourses in various fields, including historical discourse, changed. Imam Khomeini and Ayatollah Khamenei played a pivotal role in directing this discourse change as the leaders of the Islamic Republic. In the historical discourse of Iran after the revolution, talking about the historical understanding and insight of Imam Khomeini and Ayatollah Khamenei is very important; especially since the insights, methods and values accepted in historiography as well as the historical thinking of some Iranian historians after the revolution have been greatly influenced by their views and approaches. Given the importance of this issue, the present article seeks to answer the question of what is the place of history and historiography in the historical discourse of Imam Khomeini and Ayatollah Khamenei as the leaders of the Islamic Republic. And in the next step in the form of a comparative study, what are the similarities and differences between the historical discourse of these two leaders.