This chapter introduces Iranian groups, the religious elite (mojtaheds), traditional merchants (bazaar) and Iranian “crowd” (lutis and tollabs) who were mobilized during social movement activity in Iran. These groups often formed overlapping relations with one another in Iranian society, but each had different interests that had to be negotiated during social movement activity. Some groups, suc...

narrative has being existed in many different forms through communities in all places and all times. it began with human history, and there has been no nation with any narrative. narrative is just like life. since the man is under the influence of story’s narrative logic, the structure of [1]narration has an extensive range just like the variety of lives of human societies. what makes the narra...

Recent political events in the United States have created a political climate that promotes prejudice against Middle Eastern, Iranian, and Muslim people. In this study, we were interested in investigating two questions: (1) How welcome do Iranian-American men and women from various religious backgrounds (Muslim, Jewish, or no religious affiliation) feel in their new homeland (specifically, how ...

This quasi-experimental study investigated the instructional efficacy of genre-based approach on Iranian EFL learners’motivation for writing. Out of 180 participants, 60 EFL male and female students at university level, with the age range of 19-28, based on a standard profeciency test, Preliminary English Test (PET), were selected and randomly assigned into control and experimental groups. Each...

The contradictory and inefficient nature of urban public policy in Iranian historic cities has been subject to long debates recent years, even led disorganisation the formation dilapidated abandoned buildings (DABs). Under current policies, three government agencies oversee management cities. projects processes that have yet be implemented by these are crucial for solving problems associated wi...

Abstract Iran’s armed forces have made tremendous strides since the decade‐long war with Iraq in 1980s. Tehran’s cultivation of ideologically sympathetic forces, along provision material help, has allowed Iran to project power and influence throughout Middle East. Some policy analysts who study military development are biased lack cultural understanding, contending that republic is driven by un...

Written to honor the immense contribution of Michael White as a leader in the development of narrative therapy, this historical essay contrasts the origins of psychoanalysis, family therapy and narrative therapy. Changes in the understanding of therapeutic strategies, methods of training and supervision, styles of leadership, the involvement of audiences in the therapeutic and training processe...

Ali Janati, Homayoun Sadeghi-bazargani, Edris Hasanpoor, Mobin Sokhanvar, Elaheh HaghGoshyie. Associate professor, PhD of Healthcare Management, Iranian Center of Excellence in Health Management (IceHM), Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran; Professor, PhD of Epidemiology, Road Traffic Injury Prevention Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran; PhD can...