xplaining the mModel of Friendship Between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Lebanon's Hezbollah in the Form of the Axis of Resistance, Emphasizing the Balance of power Theory

The Middle East is a sensitive and strategic region that has been the center of regional disputes and conflicts after the Second World War and especially in the last few decades. One of the main players and an important pole in this region is Iran, which tries to strengthen its deterrence against foreign interventionist powers, especially the United States and its regional allies, by establishing friendship with some actors or countries in the Middle East. - Increase them, especially Israel. Lebanon's Hezbollah is an actor with which Iran's JPA has made a friendship plan and is cooperating with it to achieve this goal. Did Hezbollah analyze Lebanon based on the balance of power theory? With special measures such as strengthening the Shiite identity in the cultural field, striving for a greater share of power in the political field, and optimizing the citizenship status in the social field, Iran has made a significant contribution to the growth and progress and success of the Lebanese Shiites, especially the Hezbollah movement., had. The findings of the research show that if an actor like Hezbollah did not exist alongside Iran in the axis of resistance, Iran would now be in a much tougher and more difficult situation to deal with the threats of Israel, America and its Western allies, as well as He was faced with the conservative countries of his alliance, which are located in the conservative axis. The current research is analytical-descriptive and the method of collecting library-documentary information.