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This article intends to explore the political behavior of Iranian people in July 2005 presidential election. It uses extensively the findings of a research which was carriedout two dears before the
election by the Ministry of Islamic Guidence under the title of "the values and attitudes amongst the Iranian" (2003). This
research showed basically that for many Iranians economic considerations and prorities were more importent than political considerations. It further showed that whilst the Islamic regime carried the legitimacy amongst the people but the Islamic leaders had lost their legitinacy because they had failed to satisfy the ecnomic needs of the people. The political climate in Iran thus needed someone to provide the people with the economic promises to win their votes. He could thus win the election not so much because of the failure of the reformists, but because the winning candidate was shremed enough to fulfill this need.