POLITICAL RESEARCH IN ISLAMIC WORLD
Year:2013 | Volume:3 | Issue:1|Papers Count:6

Imam Khomeini's foreign policy discourse, in spite of having confident strategic and diplomatic bases, is ideological and creed-related. The Islamic revolution makes the center of his discourse. The foreign policy discourse of the Islamic revolution founder is based on a strong ridging between the self and the other. In this other-making logic, the international system is divided in two domains of the suppressor and the suppressed. This paper is about to through the leadership discourse of ayatollah Khamenei, shows that this discourse is the logical outcome of imam's discourse in an evolutionary environment. The special internal, regional and international conditions and the personal traits of ayatollah Khamenei have moved him towards forming a more pragmatic reading in the framework of interactionism discourse against the dominating system. The extract of Iran's foreign policy and the three notions of revolutionary Islam, social security and national interests in it, are articulated besides each other in differing proportions. In this logic, the two blocs of the dominator and the dominated are placed in front of each other and the identity-other, difference-logic- equivalence chain make the international system meaningful. This article after scheming the interactionism discourse against the dominating system makes the bases of the world division and its divergences and convergences prominent by surveying the two concepts of chain of equivalence and the difference logic.

As God-given asset, dignity is devoted to human being only and none of other terrestrial creatures are so characterized. Based on Holy Quran, human dignity is divided to two kinds which the quality of our interpretation of the two is the base of our behaviors, decision making and programs in treatment to Humans and consequently civilians in Islamic society. Possessing an interpretive outlook to human-dignity oriented verses, authors conclude that dignity is an inalienable human right stems from God-given reason and soul in the human being body whereby humans are free to neglect this essential advantage. The approach provides some socio-political relevant constraints to both civilians and political system. Applying the hermeneutics method in analyzing the concept of human dignity in Holy Quran, the article seeks to comprehend the verses by diverse interpretations.

Terms of minority rights, including those of human groups is usually for political, legal, cultural and economic situations are marginal Iran. Today, given the international importance of minorities, the issue as a matter of concern for many governments and international advocacy. Iran has various religious minorities, ethnic and language. The minorities in all historical periods in Iran to seek legal, political, social and cultural one. This study seeks to demonstrate that in the last three decades of religious minorities in Iran through the constitution and the verdicts of jurists, a large part of the Muslim Iranians attained equal rights; Although it seems to achieve the same rights as Muslims, according to some legal restrictions and some different views, there is a relatively large distance. In the recent period, the most important legal institutions and related organizations and more emphasis is being considered and minorities in the Islamic Republic of Iran in the enjoyment of their legal rights, better position than many other countries have.

With the beginning of the 33-day war against Lebanon, global and regional actors according to their interests, adopted different orientations and stances towards it. Efforts, made by western governments and U.S. as the super powers of the world, in support of Isreal and against Hizbollah, are obvious manifestations of the issues of this war. The objective of the present paper is to study the stances and policies of the government of the U.S. and western governments based on Rosenau foreign policy theory. The main question is how is the foreign policy and stances of the western governments and U.S. in the 33-day war of the Lebanon. Attempts have been made in the present paper to study different aspects of these stances through documentary method. Findings show that the interests of these countries are so overlapping and they are trying to undermine the resistance front and to prevent the geopolitical sphere of Iran. So European governments and the United States strengthen and equip the Zionist regime thoroughly. United States manage the war politically and European governments goes along with U.S., according to their interests and goals.

Greater Middle East Project first time were considered on September 12, 2002; The purpose of this project that faced with opposition and doubts; On the surface, help the countries of the Middle East Arabic countries in the area of economic reforms, political and social. The term "Islamic Middle East" first time after the defeat was introduced Zionist army in the 33-day war in Lebanon in 2006 and over the "New Middle East" Foreign Minister America. This study is intended to answer questions and review it: Middle East Muslim world, the plan could be implemented in the Greater Middle East Initiative America? And What challenges are faced in this project? It seems after regional developments the role of Islamic thought have regional correlation of paramount importance that this will highlight the role of Iran.

The recent developments in the Middle East especially the Syrian crisis have created new equations in the region. It seems that this crisis will ultimately affect the strategic axis of Iran, Syria and Hezbollah. The present paper is going to answer these questions: how will the current developments affect the triple axis and influence Iran's national security? What is Iran's security strategy towards this upheaval and how can it be explained? The hypotheses that the present paper addresses are as follows: different scenarios will have different impacts on Iran. The scenario of Assad’s fall would be a severe strike to the strategic axis and jeopardize national security of Islamic republic of Iran. Moreover, Iran's security strategy towards this crisis is vigorous support of the Syrian regime which can be explained in the framework of regional balance of threat against the united state and Israel.