Explaining the Quranic Principles of the Principle of "Dignity" with Emphasis on Ayatollah Khamenei's Political Thought

One of the most important principles in foreign policy is the principle of dignity. This principle has been widely considered in the system of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the leader of the Islamic Revolution has mentioned this principle along with two principles of wisdom and expediency and has even considered this principle more important than the other two principles. On the other hand, some foreign policy officials, regardless of this principle, have been negotiating with different countries, believing that soft power and tolerance should be considered against powerful countries. Therefore, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei offered the Iranian authorities a heroic approach. Accordingly, in this article, the principle of dignity in Ayatollah Khamenei's political thought is explained and analyzed and his solutions are presented to foreign policy officials and the extent to which the principle of dignity is reconciled with Quranic principles is examined.

This research was conducted using a descriptive-analytic method and library resources and the verses of the Holy Quran and the statements of the Supreme Leader.
Findings and

In this study, after analyzing the principle of dignity, this principle has been recognized in the Qur'an, meaning that the categories and results of Ayatollah Khamenei's statements have been compared with the categories and results of the intended concept in the Holy Quran and their similarities, differences and degree of correspondence have been measured. According to the findings of this study, the concepts of "dignity in foreign policy", "the true dignity of God and the monotheistic front", "the way to obtain dignity in foreign policy", "heroic and softness dignity" and "the contrast of dignity and oppression" have been mentioned in the Quranic verses and they have been mentioned in the content analysis of the statements of the Supreme Leader as well.