The Requirements and Principles of Islamic Republic of Iran′s Cultural Diplomacy in the Path of Islamic Unity

The growth policies as well as the prospective objectives of the Islamic Republic of Iran have been planned in a way to make the country able to enjoy constructive and effective interaction with the world on the basis of the principles of dignity, discretion and expediency. Culture, is referred to as the ‹soft power› in the domain of international politics, due to the fact that it is able to shape others› preferences as well as the reason that it has a satiating nature, not to mention that the arena of international relations is strongly influenced by cultural and identity factors. Ethical-ideological matters and identity issues are now posing seriously in Moslem countries. This article aims at answering the question of how the diplomatic and cultural basics of the Islamic Republic of Iran can use Quranic principles to manage Islamic unity diplomacy and what effects have been made by Islam and Quran on it. Based on this, the cultural diplomacy of the Islamic Republic of Iran has changed into a full-scale discourse by taking effect from the concepts and meanings of the Islamic Revolution as well as Quranic and Islamic teachings. This discourse reflection aims at fortifying the intellectual, cultural and local values, knowledges and viewpoints and transferring them to the foreign Moslem countries in order to create unity among Moslems and on this way soft diplomacy and satiation power are being used.