Abstract:

In the post-1979 Islamic Revolution, Iran conducted isolationist foreign policy with an anti-imperial discourse. By the Iran-Iraq War, Iran transformed its isolationist foreign policy to a multilateral one. Changes in the balance of power, due to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, re-triggered ideology-oriented foreign policy in Iran It seems that the conflictual discourse in Iran’s foreign policy has been decreasing during the President Rouhani era, however, the ideology- and identity-oriented foreign policy has been continuing. Iran’s foreign policy towards Syria has been shaped by the following dynamics, such as national security, Shia Crescent, geopolitics and regional balance of power, and also demonstrated the dynamics beyond the materialist components in Iran’s foreign policy.

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