Position of Iran in Thought Schools of Russian Foreign Diplomacy

Russian foreign policy is derived from thoughts which are rooted in the existing thought schools in the thinking environment. The essence of these schools has been studied sporadically, but the certain classification of these schools and their impacts on the process of formation of Russian foreign policy towards Iran has not yet been studied.
In this case, the present study has raised several questions to consider this issue: What is the position of Iran in the contemporary thought schools of Russian foreign policy? Why has Iran been unable to have an appropriate position in Russian foreign policy? What are the influential thought schools in Russia foreign policy? How do these schools consider Iran? In this regard, by taking advantages of the research carried out by specialists in the field and based on the notion that Iran has got the important position in the schools of Eurasianism and Statism, and less important position in the schools of Atlanticism and nationalism, we have found out the different positions of Iran in these thought schools, and volatile and contradictory approaches of the Russian foreign policy towards Iran is caused by different attitudes and thought schools during historical experiences and past economic historyand political evolutions. In other words, these changes in Russian foreign policy have been induced by Russian domestic issues and the resulting talks rather than international evolutions.