Document Type : Original Article
Authors
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Imam Hossein University
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Imam Hussein (AS) University, Faculty of International Studies
Abstract
The monarchist movement is a collection of groups, organizations, parties, formations, councils, and individuals that seek to overthrow the Islamic republic of Iran’s system in a pluralistic manner and with soft, semi-hard, and hard approaches. This group has been able to become active in various fields such as security, intelligence, espionage, political, social, economic, international, and media. Over the past decade, this movement has been able to own a significant share of the movements against the Islamic republic of Iran’s system and has also played a prominent role in internal unrest. In these circumstances, the analysis of the monarchist movement’s pattern is of great importance in developing organizational measures and mobilizing the masses, and not paying enough attention to this issue can increase the absorption and expand the scope of the monarchist movement’s actions. The main goal of the present study was to examine and explain the strategies of the monarchist movement on social networks, through which it was able to identify, attract, transform, and use its audience against the system. The method of this research is based on the principles of “integrated research” which gives relatively equal importance to both types of quantitative and qualitative data. In this method, quantitative and qualitative data are collected simultaneously, and in the analysis stage, these two categories of data are compared together to determine the degree of alignment of the findings and clarify the coordination of the results obtained from these two categories. The research findings show that the monarchist movement, using strategies such as combined actions, support and backing from Western intelligence services, infiltration, recruitment and organization of internal cells, and large- scale and effective media actions, was able to play an influential role during the riots of 2022.
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