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        1 - Content Analysis of the Supreme Leader's (Ayatollah Khamenei) view of "Relations with America" in the period 1368-1395
        Soraya Vedady Mohammad Reza Rasooli
        Heroic flexibility", a term used by the Supreme Leader (AyatollahKhamenei) in 2013, had been raised about the political interactions. BothIran and America are characterized as two powerful and effectivediscourse in the international arena and any interaction and confron More
        Heroic flexibility", a term used by the Supreme Leader (AyatollahKhamenei) in 2013, had been raised about the political interactions. BothIran and America are characterized as two powerful and effectivediscourse in the international arena and any interaction and confrontationbetween the two countries, change many regional and global equations.Therefore, the importance of recognizing the strategies and tactics and thepolitical discourse governing these two countries is essential andimportant. This research followed content analysis approach of theSupreme Leader ( Ayatollah Khamenei) about America with an emphasison what and how to "negotiate and communicate with America" during(1986-2016) years to obtain a detailed scientific understanding about hisperspective of America. According to a purposeful sampling of all hisstatements, 209 lectures related to the concept of "America" wereobtained and classified into five basic subjects: "Islam and America","Pathology of America," "America's isolation," "America Middle Eastpolicy" and "negotiation and relationship with America". The mostfrequent issues are: in the "key Words related to Categorization of Islamand America" is "American Islam"; In "Key Words related to Pathologyof America", is related to weakness and decline in American power; in"Key Words related to America's isolation", is related to America’sisolation with the world ; in "key Words related to America Middle Eastpolicy", is failure of US middle east policies; and the most frequentkeywords in the topic of "negotiation and relationship with the UnitedStates" are related to the characteristics of the United States whichinclude: Domination, tyranny, dictatorship, aggression, Warmongeringand Being cruel. In addition to these characteristics, hostility andarrogance of America was emphasized. According to research findings,America looking for unconditional talks with Iran to impose its demandsand in the context of relations, he also contemplates a contingentrelationship (the surrender of the Islamic Republic), which in the currentsituation, neither negotiation nor a relationship with the United States, theloss is more than its profit. Manuscript profile
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        2 - Iran's Position in Russia's Middle East Policy
        Ali Eskandari Jahangir Karami Garineh Keshishyan Siraki
        The present study seeks to examine the position of Iran in Russia's Middle East policy. And it seeks to examine the hypothesis that Iran has played a multiple role in the political, military, security, economic, energy, and geographical spheres in the rivalries and rela More
        The present study seeks to examine the position of Iran in Russia's Middle East policy. And it seeks to examine the hypothesis that Iran has played a multiple role in the political, military, security, economic, energy, and geographical spheres in the rivalries and relations between the two great powers, Russia and the United States, over the past two decades in West Asia. And it strengthens the Tehran-Moscow cooperative attitude in West Asia. To test this hypothesis, descriptive-analytical method and library and documentary sources were used; And the implementation of this research is in the framework of constructivist theory that was used to analyze the variables. And according to the results of the research, the change of power in the past few years and the increase of the power axis of the East versus the West, which can be promising for Iran. Russia, as a permanent member of the Security Council with a veto power as well as significant commonalities with Iran in relation to the United States, is now in an important position in Iran's foreign policy. And Russia, as part of its strategic project, is essential to challenging US sovereignty for Iran. Manuscript profile
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        3 - New World Order and Its Impact on the Middle East Region between 1991 and 2000
        Reza Jalali Mehdi Majd
        Abstract The changes which occurred in late 1990s had considerable impacts on the world geopolitics and international system as well. After the end of the cold war, the world order has undergone some changes and a new world order has emerged. This paper examines the wh More
        Abstract The changes which occurred in late 1990s had considerable impacts on the world geopolitics and international system as well. After the end of the cold war, the world order has undergone some changes and a new world order has emerged. This paper examines the whiteness of these developments and their impacts on the Middle East in 1990s. American victory in the Persian Gulf paved the way for the United States to unilaterally expand its influence in the Middle East and to promote the idea of new world order. In the American perception, coordination and military power are equal and a world obedient to the U.S is considered as a world having both coordination and order. This is the case in the Middle East. America’s influence in the region lets the Americans manage the conflicts and forge order and coordination as well. The main question is that what was the impact of adopting the new world order policy by the U.S.A in the Middle East from 1991 to 2000 and the hypotheses will be as following: adopting the policy of the new world order after the cold war caused the expansion of America’s influence in the Middle East. Manuscript profile