CONTINUITIES AND CHANGES IN IRAN’S FOREIGN POLICY: ANALYSIS OF SYRIAN CASE
Journal: Kırklareli University Institutional Repository (Kırklareli University)
Year: 2017

In the post-1979 IslamicRevolution, Iran conducted isolationist foreign policy with an anti-imperialdiscourse. By the Iran-Iraq War, Iran transformed its isolationist foreignpolicy to a multilateral one. Changes in the balance of power, due to the 9/11 terroristattacks, re-triggered ideology-oriented foreign policy in Iran It seems thatthe conflictual discourse in Iran’s foreign policy has been decreasing duringthe President Rouhani era, however, the ideology- and identity-oriented foreignpolicy