Presenting the Role Model for Cyber Threats in Weakening the National Security of the Islamic Republic of Iran

The present study seeks to model the role of cyber threats in undermining the national security of the Islamic Republic of Iran from a geopolitical perspective. To process the problem, a qualitative research method and content analysis have been used. Research data using semi-structured interviews of 25 experts in the field of cyber peace and security who were selected using theoretical sampling method; and using the content analysis method of the network of themes analyzed and modeled. A network measurement concept was developed. The findings of this study showed that the optimal model of security threats Cyber power role analysis includes two comprehensive themes: internal threats and external threats. In addition, in order to "validate" the themes and the model, there are two methods of evaluating the validity of the communication method and also the audit method, and in order to "validate" the reliability of the two methods,reproducibility and transferability or generalizability were also used..