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Third, ideological and revolutionary rhetoric encompasses a wide variety of discourses produced by pro-regime elites, organizations, and factions. Ideological rhetoric, however, was and is flexible. Fourth, violent contentions take on several extreme actions by pro-regime social actors, from attacking foreign embassies to disrupting opposition group meetings. Finally, by theorizing non-protest and non-violent performative contentions, I demonstrate that MRs extend beyond street rallies, ideological rhetoric, radical policies, and violent actions. They mobilize their supporters with an expansive spectrum of performative contentions, such as innovative religious ceremonies. Non-protest performances help MRs enhance their repertoire of actions and extend their ideology beyond their national borders. The IRI’s concern with the Arba’een pilgrimage in Iraq is an example of the Iranian regime’s expansive ideology that crosses its national borders. This research is built on a unique longitudinal media dataset from July 1988 until January 2010. Moreover, I have used various surveys to not only build upon the theory of MRs but also show the IRI’s appeal to the broader populace as well as its paradoxes and flexibilities. I use protest event evaluation, critical discourse analysis, survey datasets, and my own observations from Iran to further the theory of movement regimes."]},{"key":"dc:format","label":"Dc Format","values":["application/pdf"]},{"key":"dc:title","label":"Title","values":["“Bringing the state back in:” How did street rallies, non-protest performances, ideological rhetoric, radical policies, and violent contentions give rise to the movement regime of the Islamic Republic of Iran (1988-2010)?"]}]}],"canonical_facts":{"dc:contributor":["Leicht , Kevin","Liao, Tim","Dill, Brian","Marshall, Anna-Maria","Sadri, Mahmoud"],"dc:creator":["Teimourigerdeh, Amirhossein"],"dc:date":["2023-08","2023-07-11"],"dc:description":["Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2025-08-01","The student, Amirhossein Teimourigerdeh, accepted the attached license on 2023-07-02 at 17:49.","The student, Amirhossein Teimourigerdeh, submitted this Dissertation for approval on 2023-07-02 at 18:31.","This Dissertation was approved for publication on 2023-07-11 at 16:01.","DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #19497 on 2023-12-04 at 17:30:38","Studies on social movements and contentious politics have largely treated states and/or political regimes as the target of anti-authority movements. 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This research is built on a unique longitudinal media dataset from July 1988 until January 2010. Moreover, I have used various surveys to not only build upon the theory of MRs but also show the IRI’s appeal to the broader populace as well as its paradoxes and flexibilities. 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