Political Influence Tools in Iran Foreign Policy: Diplomacy and Propaganda

Abstract

The present paper tried to analyse political influence tools which effecting Iran’s foreign policy.  The determination of the mental, psychological, physical environment and conditions in which decision makers make their foreign policy decisions is considered as one o f the important facts in terms of foreign policy analysis. It is known that besides external factors, internal factors are also effective in determining foreign policy decisions. However, realist movements made a basic distinction between domestic and foreign policy and did not address the role of internal factors in influencing foreign policy.  This study will attempt to answer the question of how effective political influence tools such as diplomacy and propaganda are in the process of Iran's regional influence capacity building. The idea of whether the foreign policy behavior of states is directed to a specific purpose is a frequently discussed topic in the international policy literature.