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State Identity in Iranian Foreign Policy

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posted on 2016-01-01, 00:00 authored by Shahram AkbarzadehShahram Akbarzadeh, James Barry
This article examines the role of corporate identity in Iran’s foreign policy making. Drawing on interviews with Iranian stakeholders and an analysis of Iran’s political developments, this article surveys the three key elements of Iranian nationalism that shape Iranian foreign policy: Iranism, Islam and Shi’ism. This article finds that each of these is crucial in explaining the apparent contradictions in the approaches of several significant Iranian leaders, especially in cases where Iranism collides with religious values. By highlighting how each component is at once unique but still intrinsically linked to the others, this article demonstrates how Iran’s foreign policy choices can be understood in relation to its corporate identity.

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Journal

British journal of Middle Eastern studies

Volume

43

Issue

4

Pagination

613 - 629

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Location

London, Eng.

ISSN

1353-0194

eISSN

1469-3542

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2016, British Society for Middle Eastern Studies

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