L’héritage politique et social de Rouhollah Moussavi Khomeini continue d’influencer les grandes orientations de la République islamique d’Iran. Doté d’une personnalité charismatique et d’une grande habileté politique, il est devenu le personnage le plus important d’un régime lui donnant, à travers sa fonction de « Guide », un rôle d’arbitre de courants aux légitimités distinctes, voire concurrentes. Depuis sa mort, en 1989, les institutions iraniennes restent encore largement influencées par sa vision. Cet héritage ne se résume toutefois pas à ce façonnement institutionel, mais concerne aussi l’ensemble de la société iranienne, qui a pu profiter de la modernisation sociale ainsi impulsée.
Ayatollah Khomeini: legacy of a revolution
Rouhollah Moussavi Khomeini’s legacy remains influential in both the Iranian politics and society. As a clerical figure and historical opponent of the monarchy, he was instrumental in the creation of the Islamic Republic for which he became the “Guide”. Thanks to his charismatic personality and political savvy, his role was that of an arbiter between different movements within the Republic that were mostly driven by rivalry between different and at times competing legitimacies. Since his death in 1989, political institutions remain largely influenced by Khomeini’s vision. His legacy is not limited to having defined the Republic’s institutions however, as the modernisation he pushed for benefited society.
