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Dr. Hossein Bashiriyeh is Professor of Political Science at Tehran University and Visiting Professor of Political Science at the Maxwell School of Syracuse University.
The execution of the original project of the Islamic Revolution in Iran has been repeatedly deferred for various reasons. More recently it is the increasing secularization of society under theocratic rule that is hindering the implementation of the original project despite a monopolization of political power by core elite factions.