Document Type : Research Paper
Abstract
Fundamental changes have occurred in Iran's Foreign Policy, by Islamic Revolution and special principles were formed in Islamic Republic of Iran’s Foreign Policy. These principles in different sub-discourses have experienced ebb and flow. A decade after of the Islamic Revolution, independent countries were born in Caucasus. This region gained significant position in the framework of “look North” policy. By the end of the eight year war and the necessity of occurred internal restrictions, discourse changes occurred in foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Regional policy in the South Caucasus was not exempt from this issue. So these questions are raised: What is the dominant discourse of Iran’s foreign Policy in South Caucasus? How continuity and change has occurred in Iran's foreign policy principles toward South Caucasus? The hypothesis of this article is that: geopolitical discourse in the South Caucasus has achieved a hegemonic status in Iran’s foreign policy and foreign policy principles are survived in a more flexible form.
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