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Show 99 Because of the weakness of the central government and the lack of executive and events which judicial organization, the government could might be government was aggressors; they their own used against it. not prevent Because of these weaknesses the unable to protect the people when attacked by were not boundaries. As even a foreign able to maintain law and order within result, the government had little, if any, prestige among the people. Before the Revolution, the newspapers which a few thousand. of the form of mass media published weekly, or monthly, These newspapers, because of the population expressed, did were only of Iran, the lack of not have an at was a volume of illiteracy transportation and the the few of the narrow only majority views influence among the people (Sadre Hashemi, 1954). The most effective channels of communication and the. coffee-houses; areas over were the mosques which the government could not exercise effecti ve control. Each mosque clergy; or the the was headed government did participants. The by and under the influence of not have any direct control religious attitudes and places, the geographical separation of the . beliefs and superstitions of the Qajar mosques a unique property mental control or influence as a on feelings these mosques about these mosques and the kings one or more holy religious and their courts, gave the communication media without direct govern (Malekzadeh, 1961). Therefore, during the |
