Peace Stabilization Solutions in the Northwestern Borders of the Islamic Republic of Iran with an Emphasis on the Karabakh Crisis

One of the influential components in the international system and relations between political units is having peace and respecting territorial integrity on the part of these units. The borders of any country are the first areas that are invaded and attacked in case of violation of the territorial integrity of that country, which causes instability and insecurity for the residents of these areas. Keeping this issue in mind, the present study seeks to provide the necessary solutions to stabilize peace in the northwestern borders of Iran, emphasizing the Nagorno-Karabakh crisis. In terms of its objectives the current research is of an applied research type and qualitative in nature. The data of the research has been collected in the way of interviews with elites who are familiar with the subject of the research. The statistical population is 30 people, which was selected based on the theoretical saturation approach. The obtained findings have been analyzed using single-level thematic analysis and coding technique. In this research, after conducting the interview, implementing and coding the themes, three macro and strategic solutions as the general dimensions of the research were extracted as the most important research solutions in the form of the propositions, including the adoption of active diplomacy by the country's diplomatic system, the creation of dependent economic platforms and the use of scientific, cultural and ethnic capacities in the countries adjacent to the northwestern borders of the country. The obtained results showed that in order to prevent the spread of the security consequences of the Nagorno-Karabakh crisis to the border regions of Iran, as well as to establish peace and create sustainable security in the international borders of northwestern Iran, there is a need for written planning in the form of active diplomacy with the coordinated support of military power, the expansion and promotion of scientific relations, cultural and ethnic through public policies on both sides of the border, as well as creating dependent economic platforms among the neighboring countries in the northwestern borders of Iran, on behalf of the policy-makers and the country's officials, in order to witness stable peace and security in the borders of the studied area.