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Nuclear Iran Threatening or Threatened | ||
| Journal of The Iraqi University | ||
| Article 1, Volume 0, Issue 38, 2018, Pages 609-633 | ||
| Author | ||
| Dr. Sami Calawy | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Abstract Since the triumph of the Iranian Islamic revolution of February 1979, the new republic has been involving in conflicts with almost all of the neighbor countries in addition to the world’s great powers. Iran accuses its neighbors and their Western allies of attempting to topple the first real Islamic republic. In return, Iran’s neighbors and their Western allies accuse Iran of attempting to export its revolutionary model of Islam to other countries and then to destabilize the region. This research aims at examining the threat Iran imposes to regional and global powers and the threat imposed by regional and global powers to Iran’s national security. A number of hypotheses, about this mutual threat, are formed on the basis of the neorealist theory of International Relations, and tested against many empirical observations. The research also deals with Vienna nuclear deal and the position of the new American administration regarding this deal. Finally, an eventual military confrontation between Iran from one hand and the United States and its allies from other hand is discussed. It is concluded that the Iran’s policy of exporting its model of Islam to countries allied with the Western powers, and the involvement in the regional conflicts in favor of pro-Iranian actors made of Iran a country surrounded by enemies. The Iranian nuclear program is another source of threat in a region characterized by an arms race. In return, the pressure exercised by the United States and its allies on Iran makes it feel threatened, | ||
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