Soft Power Resources in the General Policies of the System; Case Study Sixth Program to Develop General Policies of the Islamic Republic of Iran

This paper attempts to examine the sources of soft power in Iran's general policies sixth program development. The main question is: what is the highest prominence of the Islamic Republic of Iran's soft power resources in the sixth program? To answer the question of quantitative research used content analysis. The research findings show: the political resources, economic and cultural soft power in the general policies of the sixth development programs that interact with each other, the Islamic Republic of Iran's regional status will be upgraded. The most prominent entrepreneurs with the economic resources and authority among the components most frequently associated with knowledge-based economy and resistance, spirituality and core values and comprehensive defense are. Iranian soft power resources in the community damaged and challenges in the areas of economic, scientific, cultural and social that appropriate strategies to overcome obstacles to the implementation of soft power resources Iranian society to be adopted.