The components and indicators of honor in the foreign policy of the Islamic Republic based on Ayatollah Khamenei's point of view

Behestani, Majid; Moghooeinejad, , Abdoreza

The components and indicators of honor in the foreign policy of the Islamic Republic based on Ayatollah Khamenei's point of view

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

majid behestani ¹

, abdoreza moghooeinejad ²

¹ Imam Hussein (AS) University, Tehran, Iran.

² Department of History of Islamic Revolution, University of Imam Hossein, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

One of the disputes of political factions in countries in foreign policy is whether the government has been able to adopt a dignified foreign behavior or not. In the Islamic Republic, due to the nature of the Islamic Revolution, this question has been very controversial, and sometimes it has been considered one of the main factors in the establishment or dismissal of a government. When the supreme leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, emphasized the three principles of "honor, wisdom, expediency" in foreign policy, this matter was more and more noticed by politicians and political activists. While political factions have been using this term for and against each other for more than forty years, at the same time, this term has not been scientifically conceptualized, and its characteristics are a matter of controversy. Since the difference of philosophies will lead to the difference of concepts and indicators, in this article the concept of honor in foreign policy will be discussed and analyzed from the perspective of the revolutionary leader Ayatollah Khamenei. To answer this question, what are the indicators of dignity in foreign policy from the point of view of the leader of the revolution, the method of analyzing the content of the leadership's statements was used. From the set of extracted components, indicators such as maintaining territorial integrity, observing Islamic rules, protecting the rights of the nation, or disregarding the great powers have been obtained.

Keywords

The principle of honor

foreign policy

Islamic Republic

Ayatollah Khamenei

independence

Subjects

Political Thoughts of the Supreme Leader

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