Analysis of Corona Pandemic Confronting Policies in Iran based the policy narrative analysis framework.

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1 PhD student of Public Administration, Department of Public Administration,

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Public Administration, Isf.C., Islamic Azad

3 Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Isf.C., Islamic Azad

Abstract

country's experience and performance in the corona crisis shows a great difference in the manner and extent of the spread the coronavirus and the methods of Confronting with it.The corona crisis caused severe social and economic changes worldwide and in Iran, and with these changes,it is necessary for policymakers to narrate different policy stories.The purpose this research is to analyze policies for confronting the corona crisis in Iran based on the narrative policy analysis framework.This qualitative research was a case study Method with an analytical-descriptive purpose.and thematic analysis was performed to analyze the text of policymaker narratives.Data, comprising two sets of government decisions and other texts from the onset of corona until June 2023,were extracted and recorded in a table in Excel software, in three levels the initial codes,the main-theme and the sub-theme were encoded.By analyzing the thematic the data and the narrative label, Research findings include:narration the preparation stage before coronavirus crisis, narration of the facing stage the coronavirus Crisis(1-Preventive policy and collective safety,policy change.2-Quarantine policy,necessity of reducing activities and policy change.3-Social distancing policy, necessity of continuing limited activities and policy Correction.4-Conflict of interest policy profiteers, losers and winners the corona crisis.5-Anti-sanction policy, diplomacy health and media.6-Production and knowledge-based economy policy)and the narrative the stage of exiting Corona crisis were and the narratives structure and content were specified.Conclusion,Government's policies in situation of the Corona virus pandemic crisis can be well explained in framework of the policy narrative and narrative components can be extracted from them.This Research,by combining the Structural and content dimensions the policy narrative framework,has presented a new conceptual framework that is able to describing and analyze policy narratives in a more comprehensive and This is a framework innovation in determining the components government policies narrative.and it has clearly identified the impact of narratives in the policy-making process

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Science and Technology Policy Letters

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 06 October 2025

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  • Receive Date: 09 July 2025
  • Revise Date: 02 October 2025
  • Accept Date: 06 October 2025

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