Diplomacy of the Resistance of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the Syrian crisis; Dimensions and results

Subject Areas : International Relations

Hossein Mohammadi Sirat ¹ , Younos Kolivand ²

1 - Assistant Professor of Political Science, Faculty of Islamic Studies and Political Science, Imam Sadiq University, Tehran, Iran.
2 - MA in Islamic Studies and Political Science, Imam Sadiq University, Tehran, Iran.

Received: 2022-05-31 Accepted : 2023-03-26 Published : 2023-02-20

Keywords: Diplomacy, Foreign policy, Resistance, Syria, International Crisis,

Abstract :

War and diplomacy are two tools of power management in the international arena. It is clear that diplomacy is a tool that, with the support of the components of power, can lead to the consolidation and education of national interests. One of the most important sources of power behind diplomacy is semantic and discourse power. Resistance is the main discourse of the Islamic Republic of Iran at the regional and supra-regional level, and the diplomacy of the resistance, backed by the power of this discourse, seeks to ensure the national interests of the Islamic Republic in various international developments, including the Syrian crisis. Explaining the dimensions and results of diplomacy of the resistance of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the Syrian crisis is the main question of the present study. The findings of this study indicate that resistance diplomacy in the Syrian crisis has theoretical and practical dimensions and with the support of field power has established and studied the national interests of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Documentary method and in-depth interviews with the executive elites of the foreign policy of the country have been used to collect the data of this research and descriptive-analytical method has been used to analyze the data.