The future development of any country requires more than material infrastructure, advanced technologies, and hardware; it depends on a deep intellectual and conceptual framework that defines its strategic direction. Understanding the worldview of its top leaders is therefore essential for anticipating future developments, shaping national policies, and managing crises. Forward-looking thinking rooted in sound principles can strengthen social cohesion, national unity, and public optimism while providing a solid foundation for the transition from a traditional to a knowledge-based economy.
Theological Foundations and Conceptual Networking of the Future
In this framework, the future is understood not merely through material variables and international power dynamics, but through divine principles, human agency, and identity-based struggles. Hope is presented as a central driver of social transformation, while concepts such as the “software movement,” “cultural invasion,” “resistance economy,” and “jihad of clarification” function as mobilizing metaphors that create a shared cognitive framework and encourage collective action, particularly among youth, students, and elites.
A second pillar is the belief in divine historical laws and the eventual triumph of the oppressed. This theological view shapes the logic of resistance and informs Iran’s geopolitical and foreign-policy orientation. It rejects passivity toward international pressure and frames resistance and opposition to hegemonic powers as essential to preserving national identity and advancing toward the envisioned Islamic civilization.
Cultural Reconstruction, National Cohesion, and the Jihad of Clarification
Culture is viewed as the foundational “software” of society and the basis of national cohesion and transformation. Revolutionary cultural reconstruction and the “Jihad of Clarification” seek to strengthen identity, counter cultural influence and historical distortion, and turn citizens into active participants in shaping public narratives.
Scientific Power, Endogenous Economic Development, and Civilization-Building Diplomacy
Scientific advancement and a resilient, knowledge-based economy are presented as essential pillars of national power and independence. In foreign policy, resistance-oriented diplomacy, Islamic solidarity, support for the oppressed, and opposition to hegemonic structures are intended to strengthen Iran’s position and contribute to the emergence of a more multipolar global order.
This study is conducted at Islamic Parliament Research Center Of The Islamic Republic Of IRAN by Saber Akbari Khezri and Mehdi Kiani in 2026.
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