A probing Look at the Strategy of "Heroic Flexibility" in the Words of the Wise Leader of the Iran's Revolution, Ayatollah Khamenei

Successful tactics and effective maneuvers require firm foundations and sound strategies. Therefore, strategy is one of the basic needs of administrators and rulers of countries. Following the victory of the Islamic Revolution, the leader of the Islamic Republic devised effective strategies to confirm the existence of the Islamic Republic. Imam Khomeini and foiled the attempts of about dignity, greatness, progress and stability for the country, and have prevented the enemy to dominate Iran. One of the strategies proposed by the wise leader of the Revolution in the area of foreign policy and international relations is “heroic flexibility” which the leader has inferred from the words and conduct of the Prophet Mohammad (pbuh) and His Household. Besides firmness and determination, clever tactics should be adopted in implementing the strategy avoiding any excitement or turmoil and observing the requirements of time. The country's executive management staff should use appropriate tactics to provide reasonable time necessary and sufficient condition for the implementation of this strategy. In addition to sustaining a balance between realism and idealism, and taking into account the three principles of dignity, wisdom and expediency, this strategy should pave the way for enabling maneuvering around "power" and "flexibility". Heroic flexibility is neither ignorant enmity nor passive compromise rather, it is a clever sound best laid plan and those who implement foreign policy manage to retain championship through being polite, steadfast and strict and through their close acquaintance with the enemy and skill at maneuvering.