In addition to the charismatic personality of Imam, the first important factor was the revolutionary enthusiasm of people and their conception of religion as a fundamental solution for social problems. From this we can automatically conclude that when people do not identify themselves with the social system and religion, they will internally sympathize with any anti-regime activity and will not oppose it with the same enthusiasm. In this way the vulnerability of the regime will also increase. However, it seems that it is sometimes now that people's religious inclinations and preferences have greatly changed compared to the early years of the revolution as it is shown in the following table. 81.8 36.8 Veneration of clergy 86.7 32.3 The above table clearly shows that there is a noticeable decrease in the most important criteria of the degree of religiousness.
Similar statistics show a similar decrease in other towns and cities of the country too.
Although it is still quite possible to find mosques full of people, but that does not necessarily lower the threatening danger of this process. It is quite evident that when people are under material pressure and poverty, sooner or later their leaning toward those whom they consider responsible for their unfavourable conditions will increasingly fade. There is no doubt that one of the most important effective factors in deterioration of the role of religion, is the change in the value system. When money and individual interest dominates the society, when material and profane needs are cultivated in people through extensive propaganda etc, it is quite natural that people's religious inclination would fade. Other factors include television programs, video clubs and similar activities that in a way compete with religious acts and ceremonies.