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Ali A. Saeidi is an Assistant Professor of Sociology in the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tehran and Research Fellow of the London Institure of Middle Eastern Studies, SOAS, Uinersity of London.
The establishment of several para-governmental organizations (bonyads) following the revolution of 1979 in Iran has created a large socio-economic sector. This sector tried to harness a mass society by creating parallel structures of revolutionary legitimacy and authority in order to contribute to the consolidation process.
