Social capital and soft power in Iran

The present article seeks to investigate the relationship between different dimensions of social capital with the soft power of Iran by studying the concepts of social capital and soft power, and study the correlation of social capital with different dimensions of soft power. The question is: What is social capital and what role does it play in the reproduction of the soft power of Iran? Has the political system of Iran been able to exploit social capital to increase its soft power?The research method in this research is a survey and information gathering tool is interview.correlation analysis has been used by qualitative method. The statistical population was the faculty members of the political sciences and social sciences community of the universities of the country and a sample of 13 honorable professors The findings are as follows:Three characteristics of trust, cohesion, participation are considered as the main elements of social capital. The undesirable and unfavorable state of social capital, the decline of social trust due to social distrust, structural corruption, and neglect of civil institutions in Iran. Culture, religion, Islamic identity, national identity and revolutionary ideology are elements and elements of the soft power of the Islamic Republic of Iran.