International Journal of Research in Social Sciences
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume: 3
  • Issue: 2

Domestic and external factors in Iran foreign policy

  • Author:
  • Davodkiany
  • Total Page Count: 20
  • Page Number: 68 to 87

Institute for International Energy Studies (IIES), Dependent to Ministry of Petroleum, Islamic Republic of Iran

Online published on 30 September, 2013.

Abstract

The Foreign Policy of a country can be defined as a set of goals that seek to outline how that country will interface at an official level with other countries of the world and, to a lesser extent, with non-state actors in pursuit of its national economic, political, social and cultural interests. There are several major factors that influence Iran's foreign policy; these are domestic or external factors. Iran's foreign policy, like that of any country, is influenced by a host of factors, which have domestic, regional and international dimensions. Iran has emerged as a new and assertively independent force in world politics, in Persian what are Iran’ foreign policy factors. This paper provides the analysis of the domestic and external influence factors in Iran foreign policy.

Keywords

Foreign Policy, external factors, domestic, Geographic