بررسي سياست خارجي جمهوري اسلامي ايران از سال 1376 تا 1377

Discourse Analysis: A Review of the Foreign Policy of the Islamic Republic ofIran from 1978 to 1997

In the first two decades since its inception, the Islamic Republic of Iran has managed to overcome many vicissitudes in its foreign policy. According to its posture and essence, Islamic Iran has proceeded forward with determination in engaging with the international order to establish a culture of mutual understanding in which it can explain and define itself, its allies, enemies, competitors, and interests and, at the same time, to outline its goals and how it intends to accomplish them. In the context of the foreign policy of the post-Revolutionary period, liberal, religious, right-wing and technocratic tendencies are seen as organic intellectuals. This article examines the discursive plan of soft power of the Islamic Republic ofIran in the initial decade of the Revolution as well as the discursive horizon of the Construction Government of HashemiRafsanjani. The key focus of the research is the vital element of discursive analysis: Foreign policy must always be derived from a balanced perspective in order to deliver the two levels of micro- and macro-power if the country is to achieve its national interests on a longterm strategic basis. The experiences of the initial decade of the Revolution and the Period of Construction can be valuable sources of insight in a way that one of the two levels is not jeopardized in favor of another.