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When tensions inside a country are not developed throughout the country, and are continued in specific regions, a sense of regionalism, as opposed to nationalism, develops among the people of the region.
This sense something leads to the strengthening of decentralization, and as a result damages national unity. In developed countries, where the sense of regionalism is in its lowest possible level, what threatens the governments are governmental holes in which organized crime, without fanaticism towards local identity, challenges the existence of the governments. These holes can be social, cultural, or economic.
Major holes in Iran’s government are: drug trafficking and distribution, growth of illegality, spreading of crime and threats to the health of the society, illegal immigrations, political decision making centers which are against the government, and those who challenge the governmental structure.
To tackle these holes, governments employ similar and sometimes unique policies. Iran’s government is no exception. Regarding political holes, governments are very sensitive and specify huge budgets to abolish them.
Governments are less sensitive to recognize and abolish social holes’ since the existence of these holes are not considered as a threat to the governments and mainly people suffer from them.
Economic holes are sometimes created by the governments, and sometimes abolished by the governments to keep their bases.
Finally, cultural holes which sometimes lead to the continuation of the governments, are ignored by the governments and continue to exist.
In this article, governments’ holes in general, and Iran’s government’s holes in particular are discussed.
Key Words: Regionalism, Decentralization, Government’s holes, Local identity, Political holes, Social holes, Economic holes, cultural holes.