The components of soft power of the Islamic Republic of Iran and its capacities in the international arena from experts viewpoint

Components such as soft power are considered as inevitable part of process of protection in all countries within the international political realm creating the infrastructure necessary for providing soft power. The present research was conducted to identify the capacity of the Islamic Republic of Iran to make soft power and to employ opportunities in order to impact the international relations. The review of authentic resources, and past research and employment of expert comments based on descriptive and survey methods were all the steps taken in conducting this research. In order to analyze data the descriptive – inferential statistics along with SPSS software were used. The statistical universe consisted of 40 individuals from among scholars of Tehran universities on the field. The indexes relative to soft power were determined to be sixteen items according to their level of effectiveness on the national strength of the Islamic Republic of Iran. In the cultural dimension, Iran's cultural situation had the highest level of effectiveness regarding our ancient civilization, in the economic dimension, Iran's relative predominance in producing and distributing a specific goods, and in the political dimension, the solidarity and national trust had the highest level of impaction. Regarding the obtained results and opportunities, it can be pointed to the expansion of national profits in the international level, national power increase, representation of a positive picture of the Islamic Revolution to other nations, establishment of agreement, promotion of security level through public participation in different stages, the increase of geopolitic influence in the region and in the world, reproduction of the resistance concept specifically among the regional nations, and playing the determining role within regional and international interactions and finally, it was concluded that the opportunities to create soft power have contributed to promote the security level of the Islamic Republic of Iran..