The Strategic Cycle and Requirements of the Defense System of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Essentially, the strategic cycle is one of the most important variables that constitute any country’s defense system. It is this vey cycle that practically determines the type of strategic defense systems in any country. As for the powers and entities embedded in such a system that have particular characteristics like geopolitical, geo-cultural and geo-economic ones, they are definitely under the influence of such a cycle. Due to having geopolitical, geo-cultural and geo-economic characteristics, the Islamic Republic of Iran, which is one of the major powers of the region, faces different strategic threats. Due to the presence of trans-regional and interventionist powers in its subsidiary systems. Therefore, this research revolves around the question of how the IRI strategic cycle has its effects on its strategic defense system. In line with answering the above question, this research holds the belief that this strategic cycle will impose a networked indigenous strategic defense upon the Islamic Republic of Iran. While examining the regional networked strategic cycle of the Islamic Republic of Iran, this article presents a model for the networked indigenous strategic defense.