Change and Continuity in Foreign Policy of Brazil towards Islamic Republic of Iran

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Esmaeil Shafiee ¹ , Abdol Rahman Afshari ² , Neda Shahnori ³

1 - عضو هیات علمی دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی شهرضا
2 - دانشجوی دکترای علوم سیاسی و مدرس دانشگاه پیام نور نائین
3 - دانشجوی دکترای روابط بین الملل دانشگاه تهران

Received: 2015-08-04 Accepted : 2015-08-04 Published : 2015-08-01

Keywords: Iran, Foreign Policy, Multilateralism, Sanctions, nuclear dossier, Brazil,

Abstract :

Abstract: The present article wants to study change and continuity in Brazilian foreign policy in her relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran. The article by a descriptive-analytical method examines the role of Brazil in international political scene and its impact on nuclear dossier of Iran. The nuclear program of Iran not only has been an important issue for the world big powers but the medium powers also have tried to enter it and mediate in the issue in order to increase their influencing power in world arena. One of these medium powers is Brazil which in a short span of time entered the nuclear dossier of Iran and took certain measures in this direction. The present article tires to find out the causes of entry of a medium power from a distant geographical region into the nuclear issue of Iran. Brazil by presenting new ways for nearing the viewpoints of Iran and 5+1 group of countries tried to play active diplomatic role. But Brazil could not break the Western countries and their allies’ consensus against Iran and eventually followed the path decided by the big powers.