Dr. Ahmadinejad's Foreign Policy: An Analysis

Dr. Ahmadinejad’s foreign policy approaches in foreign policy spheres like national government, the identity of the government of Islamic Republic, national goals & interests, Islamic revolution and international system are as follow:National government is defined in the context of Islamic- Shiite ideology & ontology and not only it does not have secular nature but also it has religious and Islamic essence. This discourse views the government from the perspective of amoral politics in which establishment of religious society is based on Trans temporal & Trans spatial principals of Islamic Sharia. Islamic Revolution and its ideals, principals and values are one of the preliminary fundamentals and one of the basic elements of definition of Iran’s national identity.Identity of the government of Islamic Republic is the resultant of Islam identity, Islamic Revolution, and Iran. These elements have priority and importance over Iranian nature in formation of Islamic Republic of Iran’s identity. During Ahmadinejad’s presidency period, Islamic Revolutionary nature & identity of the Islamic Republic of Iran define and give meaning to national goals & interests of it. These goals & interests are defined according to Islamic values, ideals and principals and Islamic Revolution. Vital, security, economic, world order and ideological interests are pursuing in foreign policy sphere too.Likewise, Islamic Revolution is not a local and limited Revolution but it has transnational and trans-border nature and identity. Islamic Revolution is based on Islamic-Shiite ideology which is a global & transnational religion and ontology. Internationally, the first stimulus of the Islamic Republic of Iran is the expansion of values relating to Islam sovereignty to establish an Islamic global society. According to this discourse, current international system is not compatible with Islamic one and it should change into Islamic global system. One of the main goals of the foreign policy of the 9th government is description & clarifying of just order and status, and also criticism of international organization in order to change & alter them to establish Islamic desirable just order & system.