فرايندهاي مديريت بحران در سياست خارجي ايران مطالعه موردي: تسخير سفارت امريكا

Crisis Management Processes in Iranian Foreign Policy

Foreign policy of a country undergoes the change of patterns and behaviours in the state of crisis. In another word, pattern variables in the foreign policy behavior of a country is always in states of stability, instability, equilibrium and disequilibrium. Generally speaking, all evidences indicate that Iran tolerates the state of crisis more often than many other countries, in or out of the region; this is due to many reasons. Geopolitical characteristics, impact of great powers, Iranʹs cultural-structural conflicts with other countries of Middle-East and Persian Gulf region and penetrability of the countries of the region are some of the determining reasons in emergence and expansion of international crisises. Victory of Islamic Revolution in Iran is among the reasons that have combined with the structural crisis elements of the region, creating more risks for Iran. Occupation of American Embassy in Tehran and then freeing the hostages could be counted as example of crisis management in the foreign policy. Iranian foreign policy trends in the crisis states have always increased the conflict with the other competitor actors in the beginning stage. In the second stage, the conflict comes out of a dual atmosphere and enters the international stage. Experience shows that whenever the crisis enters international stage, various pressures are exerted on Iran. Therefore continuation and increase in international pressures could be counted as the element of crisis solving.