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About the journal

  • Scientific Quarterly of Holy Defense Studies
  • Country of Publication: Iran
  • Publisher: Research Institute for the Sciences and Education of the Holy Defense of Martyr General Haj Qasem Soleimani
  •  P-ISSN: 3674-2588
  • Access type: Open Access
  • Print status: print & electronic
  • Article acceptance rate: 25%
  • Frequency: Quarterly
  • Quarterly Language: Persian (English Abstract)
  • Scope of Journal: Holy Defense Studies
  • Type of Quarterly: Scientific (Ministry of Science, Research & Technology)
  • Review type:  Double blind peer review
  • Average Review time: at least four weeks
  • Important Note: This publication does not charge an author (s) for judging and publishing an article.

Due to the large number of previous issues, they will gradually be available on the new quarterly website.

Research/Original/Regular Article
A Constructivist Reading of the Notion of Iran’s Territorial Sovereignty within the Discursive Framework of the Islamic Revolution during the Iran–Iraq War
A Constructivist Reading of the Notion of Iran’s Territorial Sovereignty within the Discursive Framework of the Islamic Revolution during the Iran–Iraq War

Ehsan Lashgari Tafreshi

Volume 11, Issue 1 , October 2025

Abstract
  One of the approaches in critical geopolitics involves the differential meaning-making of geopolitical phenomena by individuals, political parties, and states, grounded in their respective ...  Read More
Research/Original/Regular Article
Study and analysis of the role of the strategic navy of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army during the Holy Defense era
Study and analysis of the role of the strategic navy of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army during the Holy Defense era

Amir Nezan Barati; alireza alipour

Volume 11, Issue 1 , October 2025

Abstract
  During the eight-year Iran-Iraq War, the Strategic Navy of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army (IRIN) played a critical and strategic role in securing maritime routes, protecting the ...  Read More
Research/Original/Regular Article
"A Theoretical Analysis of Factors Influencing Rural Communities’ Participation in National Defense with Emphasis on the Sacred Defense Experience (Case study: border villages in the northwest of Iran) "

Amir Hosein Elhami; Mohsen Rostami; afshin Yeganeh

Volume 11, Issue 1 , October 2025

Abstract
  This study aims to explain the factors influencing the participation of rural border communities in the northwest of Iran in national defense, with a particular emphasis on the experiences ...  Read More
Research/Original/Regular Article
The Islamic Republic of Iran’s New Defensive-Security Doctrine for Confronting Hybrid Threats: Designing an Integrated and Smart National Security System
The Islamic Republic of Iran’s New Defensive-Security Doctrine for Confronting Hybrid Threats: Designing an Integrated and Smart National Security System

javad masoumi; hadi morad piri damaq

Volume 11, Issue 1 , October 2025

Abstract
  The emergence of hybrid threats—including simultaneous physical, cyber, cognitive, and internal infiltration attacks—has fundamentally challenged traditional national defense ...  Read More
Research/Original/Regular Article
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amirali ketabi

Volume 11, Issue 1 , October 2025

Abstract
  این پژوهش با مطرح کردن این سؤال که ارزش های دفاع مقدس بر ارتقای جایگاه محور مقاومت چه تأثیری داشته است، ...  Read More
Analyzing the enemy's cognitive war goals and coping strategies with emphasis on the teachings of the Qur'an
Analyzing the enemy's cognitive war goals and coping strategies with emphasis on the teachings of the Qur'an
Volume 8, Issue 4 , March 2023, , Pages 143-162

Abstract
  In today's age, cognitive warfare is the main tool to achieve the developmental goals of arrogant powers without military conflict. Cognitive warfare is a combined approach of non-kinetic ...  Read More
The Role of Ayatollah Khamenei in The Holy Defense during the Presidency (1981-1988)
The Role of Ayatollah Khamenei in The Holy Defense during the Presidency (1981-1988)
Volume 8, Issue 2 , September 2022, , Pages 185-209

Abstract
  The eight-year war of the Ba'ath regime in Iraq against the Islamic Republic of Iran, is one of the greatest honors in the history of the Iranian nation. Ayatollah Khamenei played important ...  Read More
Sardar Soleimani and the popular mobilization in Iraq and Syria: From the background of formation to the role and intentions of Martyr Soleimani
Sardar Soleimani and the popular mobilization in Iraq and Syria: From the background of formation to the role and intentions of Martyr Soleimani
Volume 5, Issue 2 , September 2019, , Pages 85-109

Abstract
  The formation of a popular institution in the discourse of the Islamic Republic of Iran called "Basij" and the repetition of this experience in Syria under the name of "National Defense ...  Read More
How to promote the culture of self-sacrifice and martyrdom in the education system
How to promote the culture of self-sacrifice and martyrdom in the education system
Volume 2, Issue 3 , November 2017

Abstract
  Sacrifice and martyrdom are among the concepts that are respected and considered sacred in all human societies by those who sacrifice and are killed for the sake of values. The culture ...  Read More
Islamic Republic of Iran and cyberspace; Solutions to solving challenges
Islamic Republic of Iran and cyberspace; Solutions to solving challenges
Volume 6, Issue 3 , December 2020, , Pages 147-178

Abstract
  Globalization has created many opportunities and threats for actors, especially in developing countries. Social networks or cyberspace, as the latest technologies, have played an important ...  Read More
Research/Original/Regular Article
The utility function of the war game "Operation Fath al-Mubin" based on game theory
The utility function of the war game "Operation Fath al-Mubin" based on game theory

shahram Noroozani kohestani; mojtaba fathi

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 13 August 2025

Abstract
  به منظور تحلیل عملیات‏های نظامی از دیرباز روش‏ها و فنون مختلفی استفاده می‏گردید. یکی از نظریاتی که ...  Read More

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