Foreign Policy of the Interim Government; An Analysis of the Perspective of Political Economy

The foreign policy of the interim government is a phase of changing Iran's foreign policy from unity with the West to non-compliance foreign policy. This period also has fundamental differences with the foreign policy of the Islamic Republic in the 1980s. Therefore, understanding the reasons and the factors that make it appear is crucial. This article uses the political economy approach to explain the formation of the interim government's foreign policy and to illustrate the causes and causes of this change. Political economy goes beyond existing approaches and emphasizes domestic and international elements and the dynamic interaction of economics, politics, and society with the formation of foreign policy in this period. This explanation is based on how social forces operate and their nature at this juncture, the dominant political ideology and structure, and the economic conditions and forces that shape the interaction and influence of international political economy in this period. The findings of the research show that the foreign policy formation of Iran Interim Government can be explained in terms of understanding the nature of the government consisting of political and ideological power construction, social forces and their relation to power and economic institutions.