Abstract: Iran declared as an Islamic state since its 1979 Islamic revolution. Since leadership of Ayatullah Khomeini, Islamic ideology has been carried out in all levels of the state. In politics, it was conducted by creating wilayah al-faqih, in which the ulama plays important and decisive role. Iran even tried to expand this ideology outside its border, especially in areas with considerable number of Shi’i population. However, in its practice, the implementation of this Islamic ideology should also accommodate pragmatism and other aspects that contradict that ideology, namely nationalism and cultural pluralism. In politics, this is reflected by the emergence of ideologists and reformists-pragmatists. This dichotomy can be witness...