NATIONAL SOURCES OF IRANIAN FOREIGN POLICY

This article strive to examine and explaine National sources of the Foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Cultural, historical, geographic, ideological, social, and economic variables, as societal sources, will lead to the continuation of some behaviours in Iran’s Foreign policy. The author argues that to better understand Iran’s Foreign policy, one must pay attention to the above variables. Then in order to acquire more profound understanding of Iran’s Foreign policy, it would not be wise to separate domestic and Foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran because the Islamic identity and the values governing the Iranian society are the very significant factors determining the Iranian foreign policy.