Iran 's media diplomacy requirements In the framework of the balance of power policy in the Post-JCPOA ara

The rapid growth of communication technologies has made governments face the fact that a new form of diplomacy, namely “media diplomacy”, has entered the arena of international equations. From this perspective, compared to the conventional diplomacy, the media is considered aa a tool that politicians use to test their views and a tool to promote national interests. In the meantime, the media diplomacy for the Islamic Republic of Iran, in the post-JCPOA era by taking into account the withdrawal of the United States from the Nuclear Agreement and adoption of the strategy of "offensive realism" and the application of the "maximum pressure" against Iran, has become ever more important. Therefore, the current research, using the meta-combination analysis, in the framework of the theory of media convergence and considering the existing media capacity in Iran, investigates how the Islamic Republic of Iran, by using its media potentials, to employ the "Balance of Power Policy" and become more effective in changing the approach of the international community towards Iran. The results of this research show that the Islamic Republic of Iran, by using its media arms and redefining its national interests in new circumstances, and focusing on the two central areas of politics and public opinion and developing media cooperation with friendly and allied countries, such as China and Russia, to create a balance of power against America in the regional and global arena.