The position of national and ideological interests in the foreign policy approach of the Islamic Republic of Iran

The Islamic Republic of Iran, as an actor in the international system, is not exempt from this rule, and therefore the present study examines the relationship between these interests in the foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The actions and reactions of Iran's foreign policy should be noted that since the victory of the Islamic Revolution, due to its Islamic and revolutionary value nature, which is manifested in the text and essence of the constitution and gives direction to all the affairs of the country, and which became the leader and policy of the revolutionaries and ruling elites, we are witnessing an identity-oriented approach. Although in most countries, values and norms are influential in foreign policy approaches to some degree, but ideological interests have a significant contribution in policy making and implementation of Iran's foreign policy and are considered as strategic principles. Of course, this does not mean that the thinkers and founders of the revolution were oblivious to the importance of national and objective interests and the efforts to achieve them, or did not attach importance to them, but in general in foreign policy and above all the macro policies of the Islamic Republic of Iran. We are faced with the duality of national and ideological interests and a smart and dynamic combination of them and sometimes one overpowering the other according to the time and place requirements and the current domestic and international conditions.