SHIA conclusion in Iran

Since Safavid Dynasty in 16th century Shia religion got the official religion of Iran. About 90% of Iranian Muslims are Shia. Through these centuries Iran was having non religious kingdoms and people according to their Shia beliefs were in touch with the Islamic scholars and observing their personal religious rituals.

In 20th century the grand Ayatollah Rouhollah Khomeini brought a new theory called the Clerical Authority which means theocratic political rule by Islamic jurist. According to this theory a Shia country must have one source of emulation above other scholars who rule the society in private and political aspect of life. He was the leader of Iran's revolution in 1976 and rationally the country ended up with a very strict Islamic regime.

Islamic Republic of Iran is a modern and "nonreligious" political regime with no reputation in Shia history. At the moment there is a huge opposition through Ayatollahs and Shia jurists against clerical authority in Iran. They believe Khomeini's theory was a wrong reputation from Islamic sources to make the clerics get involved with political power and take back people's life to medieval ages. The number of opposition scholars is countless but they are mainly jailed or highly monitoring by the regime.