Research Institute of Culture, Art and Communication Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance Journal of Culture-Communication Studies 2008-8760 12 14 2011 08 01 Information &Communication Technology (ICT) and politics Information &Communication Technology (ICT) and politics 65 107 3405 FA 00 00 00 Journal Article 2013 09 09 This study examines the effect of Information & Communication Technology (ICT) on politics and  political development; this kind of study is not so common in our country. Indeed even in developed countries this kind of study has been used in very limited areas such as electronic voting and automated election as well as increasing public access to political information etc and a deep search in the Net can be a witness to the claim. This article may be considered as a first step for theoretical design of this subject although it tries to study the mutual effect of Information & Communication Technology (ICT) on state as the most important political area as well as study the Political Development. Therefore the study of the possible relationship between the mentioned categories is the main issues of this paper. The Author has emphasized the importance of this subject then it has been explain that the most important finding of this study is the relationship between these three concepts. It has been shown that how the development of ICT can assist in the basic functions of state as well as it can facilitate the process of political development. Eventually it can guarantee continuous and stable development of itself. <em></em> This study examines the effect of Information & Communication Technology (ICT) on politics and  political development; this kind of study is not so common in our country. Indeed even in developed countries this kind of study has been used in very limited areas such as electronic voting and automated election as well as increasing public access to political information etc and a deep search in the Net can be a witness to the claim. This article may be considered as a first step for theoretical design of this subject although it tries to study the mutual effect of Information & Communication Technology (ICT) on state as the most important political area as well as study the Political Development. Therefore the study of the possible relationship between the mentioned categories is the main issues of this paper. The Author has emphasized the importance of this subject then it has been explain that the most important finding of this study is the relationship between these three concepts. It has been shown that how the development of ICT can assist in the basic functions of state as well as it can facilitate the process of political development. Eventually it can guarantee continuous and stable development of itself. <em></em> https://www.jccs.ir/article_3405_be1bc7997695495f756312886f566110.pdf