Document Type : Research/Original/Regular Article
Authors
1 Ph.D. in Political Science, Issues of Iran, Faculty of Law, Theology and Political Science, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 aculty Member of Payame Noor University, Alborz Province, Iran
3 PhD student in Political Science, Science and Research Branch, Club of Young and Elite Researchers
Abstract
This descriptive-analytical research and library research is intended to study the trend of changes and transformations in Iran's geopolitical situation in the eras before and after the Islamic Revolution, and the imposed war, so that the causes of these trend can be analyzed more deeply. The argument derived from this research contains the fact that the process of geopolitical developments in Iran has been very fast and that in recent decades it has been more influenced by the internal changes and transformations of Iranian society and internal empowerment potentials, and external and international factors have played a secondary role in this process. It is observed that the expansion of military activities has been based on internal and external needs and a historical absence of security. Realization of this can evolve reality and may be quite effective in building a stable security system and overcome the challenges ahead in this century. The evolution of Iranian realism has been influenced, from the beginning, by internal objective realities, political geography and regional and international geopolitical challenges. It has also run forward to pursue national interests, and has continued to do so far and away in the international arena with such a consistent approach with relative success.
Keywords
- geopolitical position
- geopolitical transformation
- Islamic Revolution
- the geography of the war of Iraqi Ba’athist regime against Iran
- realism
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