Document Type : Research/Original/Regular Article
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PhD in Political Science, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
After the end of the Iraq-Iran war, a new era in the Islamic Republic's foreign policy began. During this period, some of the principles, foundations and strategy of the foreign policy of the Islamic Republic changed due to the coincidence with the new conditions governing the regional and global system, but its principles remained the same. Therefore, with the question of what is the formation and formation of the foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the eight-year period of the Holy Defense, we seek to explain and study it. Research is by descriptive-analytical method and information is collected by library and documentary methods. The study period is between 1989 and 1997. The results showed that the foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in this period of time, while continuing, has changed. This transformation is the result of multiple factors and variables at different levels of individual, national and international. The end of the imposed war, internal conditions, the damage caused by the war, the collapse of the bipolar system, the emergence of newly independent states in the north of the country, the invasion of Iraq by Kuwait, the security of the Persian Gulf, etc., are among the factors that change Iran's approach to regionalism. De-escalation of tensions and peaceful coexistence to strengthen Iran's position promoted revolutionary independence and realism.
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