The role of parliamentary diplomacy of the Islamic Council in securing the national interests of the Islamic Republic

Subject Areas :

sayadhosein hoseini ¹ , Reza shirzadi ²

1 - Senior Researcher of Islamic Council Research Center
2 - University/Faculty Member

Received: 2023-07-09 Accepted : 2023-08-09 Published : 2023-04-21

Keywords: Foreign policy, Regionalism, Iran's national security, parliamentary diplomacy, Parliamentary friendship groups,

Abstract :

With the approach of making the most of the opportunities and reducing the harms, countries are taking steps towards drawing a road map of parliamentary diplomacy in accordance with their internal capacities and regional and global requirements. Parliamentary diplomacy plays a significant role in the realization of foreign policy priorities through the synergy of intellectual and physical capacities. With the purpose of investigating this issue, the following question is raised: What are the most important tools and methods of parliament to ensure national interests and achieve foreign policy priorities?Using documentary and library methods, it was stated that parliamentary friendship groups and inter-parliamentary organizations are an efficient tool in parliamentary diplomacy, and the most important indicators of a successful parliamentary diplomacy and obstacles and gaps in the strategic management of parliamentary diplomacy to achieve national interests were investigated.The results show that the Islamic Republic of Iran, as a system based on religious democracy with precious parliamentary experience, is placed in an unstable security environment, and part of the offensive capabilities of the United States and the European Union is organized by focusing on national and regional parliamentary institutions, which is a necessity. Synergy of the diplomatic capacities of the Islamic Council with executive institutions related to the field of foreign policy-making and increasing the use of public and parliamentary diplomatic capacities.