Golan Heights and its Impacts on Iran and US Foreign Policy
Journal: Social science review archives.
Year: 2025

The Golan Heights, a geopolitically crucial plateau located at the intersection of Israel, Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan, continues to be one of the most disputed and powerful regions of Middle Eastern geopolitics. Conquered by Israel in the 1967 Six-Day War and annexed unilaterally in 1981—a step broadly disapproved of by the international community—the area has since figured prominently in the determination of foreign policy by the key regional and global powers, notably Iran and the United State