First, the concept of national interests and the variables influencial on it are evaluated in this paper, followed by a study of the sources provoking the formation of foreign policy goals from a theoretical perspective in general, and the foreign policy goals of the Islamic Republic of Iran in specific. Next, different views on the goals of the Iranian foreign policy are presented, and the factors which provoke the formation of such goals are studied. Finally, raising a number of questions related to the political, economic, and clutural capabilities of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the rate of the compatibility of such goals with national capabilities are elaborated.
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