The Effects of the Armed Space on the Military Security of the Islamic Republic of Iran

The security challenges generated in the space by arming the space constitutes the most important threat posed to the space. Just like other countries, the Islamic Republic of Iran has been increasingly exposed to space threats due to the policies governing its foreign relations. This research tries to examine the effects, scope and dimensions of the threats posed by security challenges in the space by postulating such threats and their weakening effects on the IRI military and defense security. This writing analyzes space threats in two areas- hard and soft. The authors believe that space threats cause hardware damage to, and disruption in, the country’s defense systems in four strategic environments- namely ground, sea, air and space. In terms of software, the space threats have posed threats to the telecommunications infrastructures, the communications and TV broadcasting systems, strategic military and security locations and points, as well as in obtaining information about military maneuvers and defense preparations, obtaining information, using audio-visual tapping devices to hear military forces, psychological warfare and….in Iran. This research sets out to address the options for countering such threats by explaining and describing them through two theories, namely active space defense and space deterrence. In order to counter these threats, this writing presents a series of methods such as changing the country’s space strategy, acquiring space technology, convenient declaratory policy, creating unity and alliance, utilizing other strategic environments and increasing the number of satellites.