Document Type : Research Paper
Author
Azad University
Abstract
Iran is located in one of the most critical geopolitical positions of the world, so that active geopolitical areas with extensive functions have surrounded Iran and changed it into an attraction for regional and global diplomacies. This has resulted in Iran effectiveness in regional and global transitions.
Yet, foreign policy and governments’ performance depends on geopolitical environment and provision of necessary factors for interacting in a collection of spatial and temporal behaviors. Islamic Republic of Iran needs to design and implement its foreign policy based on its geopolitical position (position, situation, energy resources, ideology, and cultural territory) with efficient interaction and a mutual understanding of time and space. Thus, the present article seeks to reach a deep and precise understanding of favorable and unfavorable geopolitical contexts in Iran. It defines approaches used for the realization of opportunities and confronting different challenges facing Islamic Republic of Iran’s effective presence in international changes with lowest expenses and highest profits.
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