Analysis of Dual Containment Strategy

After the victory of the Islamic Revolution of Iran, an important policy that America resorted to in the strategic and significant region of the Persian Gulf was dual containment. One of America's reasons for taking such policy was to demolish Saddam's regime. On the other side, America sought to control Iran, some of whose measures in the region were against its interests. It tried to change Iran's behavior by putting economical and political pressure against it. This research is intended to find out whether America has been able to make any change in Iran's attitude towards itself by resorting to the dual containment strategy that it started in 1993, the era of Clinton, and then continued, and even increased, during the era of the presidents who followed.