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The compilation of a list of disqualified entities by NIOC serves as both a supervisory and deterrent mechanism to prevent violations and mitigate legal and financial risks associated with high-risk contracts. This directive has been designed with the objective of enhancing the integrity of the tendering process, ensuring fair competition, enforcing regulations governing public procurement and governmental transactions, and guaranteeing that work is not repeatedly delegated to companies that have demonstrated an unsatisfactory performance history in prior projects. However, an exclusive focus on the legal personality of companies may reduce the deterrent effect, as offending entities may continue their activities under subsidiary or shell companies. This study proposes the inclusion of the managing director and members of the board of directors—as the key natural persons influencing a company’s decision-making—alongside the legal entity itself in the blacklist of disqualified contractors, presenting this measure as a practical and low-cost approach to enhancing the effectiveness of the disqualification system. Using a descriptive–analytical method, the research reviews the current directive, outlines the legal foundations of managerial accountability, and evaluates both the feasibility and effectiveness of this proposed reform, while also addressing the practical and legal challenges associated with piercing the corporate veil. The findings indicate that extending the disqualification list to relevant individuals can meaningfully strengthen the deterrent function of the existing supervisory mechanism

In the process of achieving a new Islamic civilization, one of the fundamental issues is clarifying the position and role of women in this civilizational movement. This article examines the role of women in shaping Islamic civilization from the perspective of Martyr Ayatollah Beheshti. The main research question is: ‘How is the role and status of women in realizing the construction of the new Islamic civilization explained from Beheshti's viewpoint?’ To answer this question, the present study employed a descriptive-analytical approach, drawing on library and documentary sources. The findings indicate that Beheshti, with a transformative perspective, considers women as key agents in building the Islamic civilization and emphasizes their intrinsic human dignity. According to him, the active participation of women in scientific, ethical, and social fields, alongside the preservation of Islamic identity, is essential to advancing Islamic civilization. He believes that redefining the status of women within the framework of authentic Islamic teachings is necessary and opposes any imitation of rigid traditions or Western feminist discourses. Beheshti considers the family as the central nucleus of civilization-building and emphasizes the importance of capable women in this context. Furthermore, he views the provision of educational and socio-political participation opportunities for women as essential for their effective presence in the path of realizing the new Islamic civilization. This article, by presenting a balanced Islamic model from Beheshti's perspective, proposes gender justice through the integration of Quranic principles with contemporary needs and, by critiquing both tradition and Western feminism, offers practical strategies for women's empowerment.

This article presents new outlooks toward gender transfiguration in David Hare’s Skylight and Pravda in the light of Judith Butler’s theory of Gender Performativity. It examines whether the linguistic performance of Hare's characters is an innate feature or a hallucinatory effect of their naturalized and gendered bodies. Butler asserts that performativity is a ritualized production and a constrained reiteration of cultural intelligibility under the prohibition pressed by power regimes. Surveying Skylight and Pravda elucidates that gender identity is an imitation, which leads Hare’s characters to resignify and recontextualize the parodic gender reproductions. Moreover, the gendered subjects were subordinated to the language that interpellated them, so that each individual became a linguistically stylized occasion. Therefore, the ever-shifting identities of Hare’s characters were established by the power of the injurious language that interpellated the subjects. Springing from the discussion about gender performativity of Hare’s characters, the article concluded that identity is a phantasmatic construction, and what an individual performs is a non-intrinsic parody of the culturally constructed regulations. As a result, the culturally acquired gender is crafted based on the socially recognizable standards, which shape the directionality of the self-representation.

This study aimed to identify the challenges and drivers of AI-based electronic marketing in the sports industry of Iran. The research employed a qualitative approach with thematic analysis. The research population consisted of academic and organizational experts in the sports industry. Sampling was conducted using purposive (judgmental) and snowball methods, and interviews continued until theoretical saturation reached at the twelfth interview. To validate the research, the triangulation of data sources, peer review, and participant review method was utilized. Additionally, to check reliability, inter-coder reliability and test-retest reliability were employed. Data analysis was performed using MAXQDA2020 software in three stages of coding (instance, main theme, sub-theme). The results indicated that the challenges of AI-based electronic marketing in the Iranian sports industry include "service quality assurance, customer rights enforcement, security and privacy protection, inadequate employee knowledge and skills, lack of appropriate statutes and regulations, incorrect audience recognition and needs assessment, lack of focus on disruptive technologies, improper use of AI, increased internet consumption for unsolicited advertisements." The drivers encompass "providing low-interest loans, training and skill development, utilizing digital technologies, applying marketing mix, knowledgeable and informed management, holding briefing sessions, customer communication channels, research development, information dissemination and advertising, standard formulation, governmental support, smart technology development and application, investment, motivation and hope for progress, tax exemptions, culture building, business coaching, academic education, infrastructure and equipment, and branding.

This study aims to compare the ethical systems of Aristotle and Al-Biruni. The former was built in the ‘West’, but the latter was on the ‘Middle’ toward the ‘East’. Reviewing their literature and introducing the new concepts, this study found that while Aristotle’s system influenced Al-Biruni’s in the application of a scientific frame to ethical issues, the two systems shared a concern not for the moral judgment but for the moral agent. However, they differ from each other in the conceptualization of the agents. Aristotle’s model is the person of virtue evaluated by the golden mean, but Al-Biruni’s is the person of manliness rated by the reversibility of others. This comparison advanced the differentiation that the moral pragmatic is devoted to Aristotle’s and the moral practical to Al-Bruni’s. The study would contribute to resolving the current moral confusion and would demonstrate a model to integrate the systems of the western and eastern worlds.

Given the pivotal role that social and psychological factors play in the field of teaching English as a foreign language, the present study focused on exploring the relationship among collegiality, identity, and emo-educational divorce. However, the nature of this relationship, i.e., the direction and level of this connection have not been explored, yet. To address this need, a total of 227 Iranian English language teachers of universities, schools, and language institutes filled out collegiality scale along with identity, and emo-educational divorce questionnaires. Then, analyses indicated that emo-educational divorce was negatively correlated with teacher identity and teacher collegiality, whereas identity and collegiality were positively correlated; moreover, the subconstructs of emo-educational divorce showed different predictive behaviors with regard to teacher collegiality and teacher identity. Finally, the findings were discussed and implications were reviewed to pay close attention to the role of the combination of social and psychological elements in EFL teaching contexts.