The intensification of the security mentality of the Islamic Republic of Iran after the US attack on Iraq and the limitations resulting from this structure (using Anthony Giddens' structuration theory)

Alihosseini, Ali; Soltani Renani, Mohammad

doi:10.22034/ipsa.2025.538

The intensification of the security mentality of the Islamic Republic of Iran after the US attack on Iraq and the limitations resulting from this structure (using Anthony Giddens' structuration theory)

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Ali Alihosseini ¹

Mohammad Soltani Renani ²

¹ Associate Professor, Department of Political Science. University of Isfahan

² Ph.D. Student of political thought, University of Isfahan

https://doi.org/10.22034/ipsa.2025.538

Abstract

The formation of the security mindset of foreign policy agents of any government is influenced by numerous factors, among which historical experiences are of particular importance. The Islamic Republic of Iran is no exception. As a country that has been both a victim and a witness of aggression, Islamic Iran has many bitter historical experiences. Relatively speaking, it can be said that the security mindset of the Islamic Republic of Iran has been influenced by the bitter historical memory of this country. It should be noted that the present study does not seek to emphasize the single factor in the formation of this mindset. In the meantime, it can be said that the bitter experience of the eight-year imposed war and also witnessing aggression caused the Islamic Republic of Iran to focus on the military dimension of power, and this created structure has been the cause of most of the sanctions imposed on the country to this day. It seems that there is a reciprocal relationship between the created structure and the limitations resulting from it. This study seeks to respond to how this security mindset was structured and the limitations resulting from this structure for Islamic Iran. Meanwhile, the present study seeks to answer this main question using a descriptive-analytical method and using internet and library resources, as well as Giddens's structuralist lens.

Keywords

security mentality

structuring

United States of America

Iraq

international sanctions

20.1001.1.1735790.1403.20.1.6.3

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