Iranian national interest evolved throughout the history of the Persian nation. Early in the 1950s, Shah Mohammed Pahlavi welcomed U.S. and Britain involvement in Iranian ventures, to include Iranian interest in nuclear energy, to advance Iran’s national interest. However, at this point Shah Pahlavi was a weak leader and as a result of allowing foreign nations to interfere in Iran he sparked tensions within the political leadership of Iran. Iranian Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh was one of the Shah’s fiercest critics and in an effort to remove Britain’s involvement in Iran he nationalized the Iran’s oil industry. Consequently, the United States and Britain led a coup with the assistance of Iran’s Shia clerical leadership and military
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The war was a long and brutal war causing Iran to focus on the survival of its nation, since Iran perceived Iraq as an existential threat. Iran’s national interest shifted again once it became aware that Saddam Hussein was pursuing a nuclear weapon. The war also created the Syrian-Iranian alliance that still exists today. Additionally, in the 1980s the U.S. State Department added Iran to the state sponsor of terrorism list due to its support of terrorist organizations, specifically Hezbollah. By the mid-1980s, Iran’s leaders’ national interests included building a nuclear weapon, protecting Iran from any perceived external threat including the ongoing threat posed from the Iraqis, supporting terrorist organizations to combat Israel and …show more content…
Khatami believed Rafsanjani’s vision of a free market economy was crucial to improving Iran’s economy, and this directly correlates to Khatami’s philosophical theory and national interest direction. He advocated his philosophical theory of “dialogue among civilizations,” which meant Khatami sought to ease tensions with other nations around the world believing it would benefit Iran’s national interest in the era of globalization. This dialogue among civilizations inevitably led to a strengthened Syria-Iran
The war was a long and brutal war causing Iran to focus on the survival of its nation, since Iran perceived Iraq as an existential threat. Iran’s national interest shifted again once it became aware that Saddam Hussein was pursuing a nuclear weapon. The war also created the Syrian-Iranian alliance that still exists today. Additionally, in the 1980s the U.S. State Department added Iran to the state sponsor of terrorism list due to its support of terrorist organizations, specifically Hezbollah. By the mid-1980s, Iran’s leaders’ national interests included building a nuclear weapon, protecting Iran from any perceived external threat including the ongoing threat posed from the Iraqis, supporting terrorist organizations to combat Israel and …show more content…
Khatami believed Rafsanjani’s vision of a free market economy was crucial to improving Iran’s economy, and this directly correlates to Khatami’s philosophical theory and national interest direction. He advocated his philosophical theory of “dialogue among civilizations,” which meant Khatami sought to ease tensions with other nations around the world believing it would benefit Iran’s national interest in the era of globalization. This dialogue among civilizations inevitably led to a strengthened Syria-Iran