The Resistance Axis and the Islamic Republic of Iran's Regional Policy: Challenges and Opportunities (مقاله علمی وزارت علوم)

چکیده

With the victory of the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran, revolutionary socio-political movements emerged throughout the region that facilitated the formation of resistance groups against imperialism. The purpose of this research is to understand the process of the formation and evolution of resistance groups in the Islamic Republic of Iran’s regional policy. The main question of the study is “what is the place of resistance groups in the Islamic Republic of Iran’s regional political strategy?”. The hypothesis of the study is: “the Islamic Republic of Iran plays a stabilizing role in the region through collaboration with resistance groups against imperialism and intervention, a reality that serves the national interests of the region’s Islamic countries”. Based on the findings of the study, sponsoring the regional resistance groups provides stability and fosters the resistance discourse against US and Israel intervention, leading to the stabilizing of security for both Iran and other countries of the region. The method of the study is descriptive-analytical and the theoretical framework is neo-classical realism.