سياست خارجي جمهوري اسلامي ايران و آسياي مركزي: بسترهاي همگرايي و زمينه هاي واگرايي

The foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Central Asia: Grounds for convergence and divergence

Central Asia is among areas which have gained an increasingly important position in regional and international relations after the collapse of Soviet Union in 1991. Now it is considered as one of most important regional subsystems for Iran. The foreign policy of Islamic Republic of Iran in the region, on the one hand, can benefit from the opportunities and cooperation on the basis of convergence in political, economic, and cultural domains, and on the other hand, it is faced with challenges and threats due to some divergence factors. The result of these two trends has always been influential on the foreign policy of Iran in Central Asia