The alignment of ideology and national interests and the process of Regional Empowerment of Islamic Republic of Iran (1989 -2017)

 After the end of imposed war, Islamic Republic has considered geostrategic requirements and interests of Iran in addition to pursuing the Islamic revolution ideology. This paper examines the effects of the attunement between ideology and national interests in promoting the regional status of Islamic Republic through examining its function in the past three decades. Accordingly, the main question is how the alignment of ideology and national interests has been effective in regional empowerment of Islamic Republic? The hypothesis of the article is that changing the system's approach and its actions in accordance with the ideology and national interests of the country has increased the power of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the region. The findings of this research, which have been done through explanatory-analytical methods using library and documentary sources, show that it has increased the regional power of the Islamic Republic of Iran by the alignment of ideology and national interests with the emergence of national power and the geopolitical position and redefinition of ideological concepts in macro-decision-making after the end of the imposed war and the beginning of pragmatic policies in the country.