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Is it possible to recognize any subjective “common grounds” from which all Iranian elites with different political orientations would have approached the question of Palestine- Israel? So far most studies have been focused on differences among various approaches of Iranian intellectuals towards the establishment of Israel in the territory of Palestine and very few researches have been concentrated...

Iran and Russia have had good relations with each other during the past 20 years and political officials and analysts have refereed to the relationship between these two countries as “important cooperation” and “strategic one.” Nevertheless, relationship between Iran and Russia has been faced with serious problems since nearly one year ago. For instance, despite agreements signed between the two ...

What role does "regionalism" have in Iran's foreign policy strategy? Some prevailing views inside Iran assert that due to different power and political structures, as well as cultural and social differences between Iran and regional countries, especially the Arab Middle East, it is either very difficult or of little benefit for Iran to focus on regionalism as a foreign policy strategy. While acce...

"The United States' determination on minimizing Iran's regional role has led in actuality to the adoption and pursuit of an oppositional posture and role on the part of Iran. This dichotomous situation and role-playing has important implications for foreign policymakers in Tehran and Washington. If the United States continues to ignore Iran's increased role in the region, Washington risks disrupti...

Mr. Ahmadinejad is the first Iranian president to have taken part in a summit meeting of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) during the past three decades. He is also the sole Iranian leader who has visited the United Arab Emirates. The main question is what factor has caused unprecedented developments in bilateral relations which have finally maintained those relations at a reasonable lev...

The Middle East enjoys high geopolitical importance as the intersection of Europe, Asia, and Africa. The region has been a cradle for civilizations, birthplace of three monotheistic religions, a hub of trade, a major base for vast empires, the source of 60 percent of the world’s oil reserves, the origin of political and ideological movements, and a ground for the most explosive and lasting confli...

In this article, the author will strive to review domestic cultural, social and psychological factors affecting the foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran. He believes that those factors will lead to the continuation of some behaviors in Iran’s foreign policy. Geographic, cultural, historical, social, and economic variables are major factors whose effects on foreign policy of Iran in gene...

The eight-year Iran-Iraq war has greatly affected the political developments of the Islamic Republic of Iran and despite the fact that 16 years have passed since the end of war, there are many untold matters in respect to the political and military aspects of event. Although enough time has not passed to allow the Iran-Iraq war to be scrutinized as a historical event and many related military and...

This article focuses on Some aspects of economic globalization process for the establishment and elucidation of new ways of interaction between national economic systems, including that of Iran, and the global economy. Then the author explains some challenges and contradictory aspects of this process within the framework of interests and costs of interaction with the global economic system. In th...