Abstract
Fourteen years of revolutionary rule in Iran testify to an ever-widening general trend toward pragmatism interrupted by occasional outbursts of radicalism. Although personalities, issues and domestic alignments have changed, general patterns have persisted. Perhaps one reason for the appearance of such contradictions was the difficulty in assimilating the many changes that had buffeted the region as a whole in recent years. The disintegration of the Soviet Union contained far-reaching implications for Iran. The very fact that Iran's Majlis elections were held on schedule, and the formation of identifiable groups competing in them, attested to the advanced degree of consolidation and stabilization of clerical rule since the first Majlis elections. Long prior to the official 1992 campaign, the pragmatists used their control of the Administration to affect its results. The growing activity of Islamist movements in various Muslim communities had become a significant sociopolitical factor in recent years.
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