Will Islamic Water Management Principles Be Included If the Helmand River Treaty Is Revisited?

Despite the importance of water management in Islamic culture, the role of religion has been underemphasized by scholars. Using the three criteria of equity, responsibility and sustainability, this study aims to assess whether Islamic water management principles are incorporated into the revision of the transboundary Helmand River Basin under the administration of the Taliban regime. In August 2021, Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan, with a goal of ruling Afghanistan based on Islamic Sharia law, presumably including the management of the transboundary watercourses. One such basin is the Helmand, shared with the downstream Islamic Republic of Iran, with whom Afghanistan will likely revisit the transboundary Helmand River Treaty, possibly based on Islamic water management principles. We examine how principles of Islamic code may influence future negotiations, including the construction of dams on the upper Helmand River Basin initiated under the former administration.

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CULTURE FACTOR IN THE POLICY OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN

RELIGION AND POLITICS IN THE CONTEMPORARY TURKISH-SPEAKING WORLD - POLITICS AND RELIGION JOURNAL ◽

10.54561/prj1401055k ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

pp. 55-71

Author(s):

Marina Kameneva ◽

Elena Paymakova

Keyword(s):

Cultural Policy ◽

Islamic Republic ◽

The West ◽

The Public ◽

Leading Role ◽

The World ◽

Public Consciousness ◽

Islamic Republic Of Iran ◽

Cultural Expansion

The article notes that the theme of culture and cultural policy for modern Iran is not a marginal issue. Culture is seen by the country’s leadership as an important component of its state political and ideological doctrine. There is analyzed the role of the Islamic factor and cultural heritage in the cultural policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran over four decades of its existence. Particular attention is paid to the role of the theory of the dialogue of civilizations proposed by M. Khatami as well as to the changing attitude towards it in the public consciousness of Iranian society. It is emphasized that the theme of “Iran and the West” is becoming particularly acute in the country today, contributing to its politicization. An attempt is being made to show that Iranian culture is increasingly becoming an important factor in the foreign policy activities of the leadership of the Islamic Republic of Iran, contributing to the strengthening of the country’s position in the world arena as a whole and the country’s leading role in the region, the realization of the idea of exporting the Islamic Revolution and implementing Iranian cultural expansion outside the country.

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The Role of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting in People’s Perspective Toward Nurses

Journal of Client-centered Nursing Care ◽

10.32598/jccnc.4.4.185 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 185-192

Author(s):

Farzad Ameri ◽

Farzaneh Golaghaie ◽

Mehdi Harorani ◽

Hossein Poorcheraghi ◽

Amir Rahbarian ◽

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Keyword(s):

Islamic Republic ◽

Islamic Republic Of Iran

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The Role of Police in Preventing Juvenile Delinquency and Victimization : A Case Study of the Islamic Republic of Iran

NG-Journal of Social Development ◽

10.12816/0033113 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 5 (3) ◽

pp. 145-155

Author(s):

Amir Teymoor Musaviyan

Keyword(s):

Juvenile Delinquency ◽

Islamic Republic ◽

Islamic Republic Of Iran

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The Role of Iran’s «Soft Power» in Confronting Iranophobia

MGIMO Review of International Relations ◽

10.24833/2071-8160-2019-4-67-216-238 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 12 (4) ◽

pp. 216-238

Author(s):

S. M. Mirmohammad Sadeghi ◽

R. Hajimineh

Keyword(s):

Foreign Policy ◽

Soft Power ◽

Public Diplomacy ◽

New Technologies ◽

American Foreign Policy ◽

International System ◽

Islamic Republic ◽

Domestic Sphere ◽

Islamic Republic Of Iran

«Soft power» is a set of activities designed by a government or regional and international actors aimed to influence external public opinion, promote external image or attract support for a particular policy, which is implemented through all the available tools and new technologies. The non-governmental actors also play an effective and important role in this diplomacy. Considering the public diplomacy and soft power of the Islamic Republic of Iran as a deliberate and conscious approach can be of great importance in the country's grand strategies that will strengthen national interests in the domestic sphere and influence them at regional and global levels. The article analyzes the role of Iran’s soft power in confronting Iranophobia. The study is aimed at presenting a theoretical definition of public diplomacy and soft power in foreign policy and international system, and then examines its role in the foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran with an emphasis on confronting Iranophobia.The authors answer the research question: “What is the role of soft power in the foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in confronting Iranophobia?” The research method is descriptive-analytical based on historical evidence, documents, and analytical issues of theorists, authors, and media being expressed in the theoretical framework of soft power. The paper is based on a synthesis of Stephen Walt’s “balance of threat” theory with Alexander Wendt’s social constructivism to explain the Iranian “threat” in American foreign policy.The findings of this research show that without the use of force and disturbing the balance in the international relations, using a variety of tools and instruments the Iranian public diplomacy and soft power might be effective to reduce the global and regional atmosphere of Iranophobia and undermine anti-Iranian solidarity.

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The Role of the Qods Force in the Foreign Policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Central European Journal of International and Security Studies ◽

10.51870/cejiss.a140301 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 14 (3) ◽

pp. 4-33

Author(s):

Ardavan Khoshnood

Keyword(s):

Foreign Policy ◽

The United States ◽

Islamic Republic ◽

Modus Operandi ◽

External Branch ◽

Terrorist Organization ◽

Islamic Republic Of Iran ◽

Current Leadership ◽

Current Article

The establishment of the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) in 1979 had a great impact on the question of security in both the region and outside of the Middle East. The foreign policy of the new republic would show hostility and aggression as terrorism became its modus operandi. In order to safeguard the newly established regime and the revolution, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (Pasdaran) was established, of which its external branch was named the Qods Force (QF). By reviewing scholarly works and regime publications, the current article aims to study and analyze the foreign policy of the IRI and the role of the QF in it. As the IRI is today deemed to be a sponsor of terrorism, and as the tensions between the IRI and the United States have increased since the Pasdaran and its QF was designated a terrorist organization, the role of the QF in the foreign policy of the IRI is even more important. This article shows that even though terrorism through the QF is still the modus operandi of the IRI, the QF has through the years evolved and uses other methods in order to influence and cement the power of the IRI in the international arena. The article also concludes that it is highly unlikely for the IRI to be reformed as long as the current leadership and establishment continue to rule, and if the regime feels threatened, it will almost certainly use terrorism and violence in order to guarantee its survival.

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The Study of James Rosenau's Affiliation Theory with an Emphasis on the Role of Individual and International System Variables in the Analysis of Regionalism in the Second Pahlavi and Islamic Republic of Iran

Propósitos y Representaciones ◽

10.20511/pyr2021.v9nspe2.958 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (SPE2) ◽

Author(s):

Hossein Hassanpour Dehnavi ◽

Ahoura Rahbar ◽

Ahmad Bakhshi ◽

Ali Mohammadzadeh

Keyword(s):

Comparative Study ◽

Analytical Method ◽

Historical Data ◽

International System ◽

Islamic Republic ◽

Islamic Republic Of Iran ◽

System Variables

The purpose of this paper is to use a descriptive-analytical method, a comparative study and to use the historical data to study the effect of each of these variables on the regionalization process.

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Shiite Clergy in Iran’s Political Life

Outlines of global transformations politics economics law ◽

10.23932/2542-0240-2018-11-4-169-189 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 11 (4) ◽

pp. 169-189

Author(s):

E. V. DUNAEVA

Keyword(s):

Political System ◽

External Factors ◽

Political Life ◽

The Political ◽

Islamic Republic ◽

Destructive Effect ◽

The Public ◽

Sociocultural Development ◽

Islamic Republic Of Iran

The article is devoted to the role of Shiite clergy in the Islamic revolution and in the political life of Islamic Republic of Iran. The author attempts to analize the possibilities of the Islamic regime’s survival in the context of modernizing society. IRI is a special model of the state system that embodies the idea of the Islamic rule of Imam Khomeini. Its political, socioeconomic, legal spheres are based on Islamic principles. The clergy managed to establish almost absolute control over secular institutions. At the same time, the Iranian regime can not be regarded as the only theocratic. It combines Islamic ideas with republican principles and admits democracy as a form of political participation. Iran’s political system combines elements of the modern Islamic theocracy with republican principles. Over nearly 40-years of its existence (since 1979), the political system underwent certain transformations which were caused by the economic and sociocultural development of the society and external factors. The liberalization of the economic sphere and the development of political parties put on the agenda political changes. Liberal-minded clergy relying on the ideas of religious modernism support the strengthening of democratic elements within the Islamic Republic. Some of them are ready to abandon the principle of “velayat-e faqih” or to reduce the authority of the leader in political sphere. They initiated reforms in political and public sphere.However, the clergy standing on the positions of fundamentalism, is not ready to reduce the Islamic component. They condemn the modernization trends intensified in Iranian society in recent years and are trying to bring the country back to the first post-revolutionary decade. However, the society is not ready to share such approaches. During the recent election campaigns Iranians have supported the liberal forces. The events of early 2018 demonstrated the protest potential of the society.This shows the desire of the citizens for further democratization of the political system and secularization of the public life. Although, there are calls for overthrowing the dictatorship of the clergy among the opposition groups in the West and inside the country. Hopes for the democratisation of the regime have not been lost. If external factors do not have a destructive effect, then the implementation of the Iranian model of modernization can become a reality.

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