Jurnal Fikrah Jilid 8, Special Issue 1, 82-97, 2017

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Confronting Iran Phobia: Foundations and Solutions

Milad Mollajan

Master of Science (MSc) in MBA Strategy, University of Tehran, Kish

International Campus

Email: Milad.mollajan@yahoo.com

Sheyda Sefidgari

Ph.D. Student of Commercial Policy, University of Tehran, Alborz Campus

Email:Sheidasefidgari@ut.ac.ir

ABSTRACT

The concept of Iranphobia refers to the opposition feelings or hostility to Iran's

policies, culture, society, economy or international role. The main issue of the

present research is to represent a policy making framework to create the true

image of the Islamic Republic of Iran and to neutralize the advertising and

unrealistic images in the international arena, which should be in line with the

long-term and general objectives of the system, and does not affect from short-

term goals, ideological readings and Political-factional actions and conflicts.

This article is a case study of a master's thesis titled "Defining a Policy Making

Framework to confront with Iranphobia Project”. Which is done by a qualitative

content analysis method through the study of the texts from the speeches of the

Supreme Leader, the Presidency and the Secretary of State, and the final themes

of the research were extracted.

Keywords: Vocabulary guide: Iranphobia, Policy Making, public policy, foreign

policy

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Introduction

In the current situation, United States and some Western countries made the hard

threat as their second priority, and tried to achieve their goals by soft threat

approach as the best model and effective way, and by creating psychological

operations, media warfare, cultural NATO, Velvet Revolution And in their latest

approach, the " Iranphobia Project" that began many years ago, and the Supreme

Leader of the Revolution, pointed out with his illumination. In fact, the

“Iranphobia project” is a part of the US Strategic Puzzle to confront with the

authority of the Islamic Republic of Iran, which has been designed so many times

so far but failed at any time (Vaezi, 2007, 14-15). Iran, after the victory of the

Islamic Revolution, adopted a policy in domestic and international politics that

its nature in the theory and practice was to departure of the special rules among

the actors in the international arena and a kind of unprecedented orientation and

political manner and independent struggling, in a way that put it on its agenda to

revitalize and refuse to accept international norms. This approach believes that

ideology prioritises over geostrategy, and principles such as justice and ethics are

considered to be the criterion of the behavior of policymakers and actors in

foreign policy. This is the same foreign policy that is called “Not Eastern, Not

Western policy” and led to a deep conflict between the rules of the international

system and the norms governing the relations of the great powers in the field of

international politics with the principles of Iranian foreign policy. This has led to

the reaction of the great powers and at the top of them, the United States in various

fields and in various forms, and one the most important of these was the creation

of an Iranphobia surge in the international community (Azghandi, 2012, 51).

Therefore, induction of fear from Iran dates back to the early years of the Islamic

Revolution and the formation of the Islamic Republic of Iran, which appeared as

a discursive project in various forms in Western media, a phenomenon that could

be considered as a huge project aimed at Not only Iranphobia, but also an

escalation of fear of Islam, Muslims, and especially Shias. This project has found

a wide range in recent years through the use of new promotional tools and

psychological operations from written media such as books, magazines and

newspapers to audiovisual media (in various formats such as films, serials, news

and documentaries). It also includes more axes than the two decades of the Islamic

Revolution. In the years after the revolution, the United States has continued to

use advertisements as a means of changing governance in Iran. These propaganda

measures which the US government calls public diplomacy, has reinvigorated

within the framework of US global advertising activities since 9/11 to capture the

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hearts and minds of people in the Muslim world (Izadi et al, 2013: 70). The

present study's concern is two of the most important and strategic issues. First,

what is being pursued under the name of the Iranphobia project, is based on some

facts in the region and inversement of others to somehow increase the cost of

power for Iran in its light and Iran’s efforts be limited to orient the process of

transferring power in the region and redefine the regional order. So, given the

strategic importance of this issue from the point of view of national interest, the

author attempts to address it in the first step and answer the following questions

as which causes and factors led to Iranphobia? What causes the US and the West

to promote Iranphobia? In other words, how is the Iranphobia project reproduced?

But how was Iran's response to this project? To this end, the Islamic Republic of

Iran has made one of its foreign policy objectives gaining reputation and

increasing international credibility (Dehghani Firouzabadi, 2009: 155). We have

seen from the beginning of the revolution that various discourses dominated over

Iran's foreign policy, adopted different strategies in this regard. For example,

these discourses chose different patterns in the issue of revolution from

Controversial to peaceful (Tajik and Dehghani Firoozabadi, 2003: 76).

Nevertheless, it seems that the policy of gaining reputation and increasing

international credibility has been accompanied with shortcomings, so as we see

today the Iranphobia project is being intensely pursued under titles such as

introducing Iran as a human rights defender, anti-democratic, supporter of

terrorism and warmonger. Therefore, it is essential to address these defects.

Accordingly, the second aspect of the present study is to address the issue of how,

in the face of Iranphobia project, to create policies to portraiture the true image of

the Islamic Republic of Iran and to neutralize unrealistic propaganda and images

in the international arena, in line with the long-term and general goals of the

system, and does not affect from short-term goals, ideological readings, and

political-factional actions. In short, this research is pursuing two very important

and strategic questions. First, what are the causes and factors behind the

Iranphobia project and how has it been reproduced since the Islamic Revolution?

The second and main question of the research is how to present a policy

framework against the Iranphobia project that would neutralize unrealistic

propaganda and images of the Islamic Republic of Iran's system in the

international arena and form the true and the real image of it?

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Literature

Iranphobia

Iranphobia project is being pursued on three fundamental axes by Western

countries led by the United States, Israel (Zionist regime) and conservative Arab

countries of the region. These three axes are: shia political geography (threats to

follow the shia crescent plan); the charge of state terrorism against Iran; and

indoctrination of Iran's nuclear program as a threat to global peace and security.

These three axes are discussed below.

A. Shia Crescent plan

Arabs concerns about strengthening Shi'a in the Middle East and claiming the

formation of the shia crescent by some Arab rulers, has been caused the

weakening of Iran and expanding the Iranphobia. Some believe in the formation

of shia geopolitics in opposition to Sunni geopolitics, mostly after the occupation

of Iraq in 2003, and claim that: Iran, as the strongest shia country in the region,

seeks to use this reality to advance its national goals and intrests. According to

this point of view that has been raised by some politicians and experts, the revival

of the Shi'a is a promise for the formation of a new Middle East around the shia

and Sunni religious divide.

B. The charge of state terrorism against Iran

Another arena of Iranphobia, is the charge of Iranian support for terrorism.

Terrorism, in the current century, is an excuse for great powers to warfare,

although the principle of fighting against terrorism and terrorist groups can be

defended in the form of national security, but the superpower's strategy has

remained hidden behind the media overhang and distortion of reality in the pursuit

of new territorism (Georges, 2003: 223).

C. Follow up of induction of threat of Iran's nuclear project

Another aspect of Iranphobia, is to induce Iran's nuclear program as a threat to

international peace and security. The unrealistic threat that has brought about a

consensus among powerful countries of the world and the region against Iran.

(Mohseni and Salehi, 2011: 619).

Some of the most important causes and backgrounds of Iranphobia are briefly

summarized as follows:

A) The power of Iran

Accuracy in the history of international politics implies that powerful

governments have always made others to felt threatened; in different areas of

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power, Iran has a significant potential in the Middle East, from population to

vastity, resources, and geopolitical position, which naturally provokes concern

and fear in others (Sharininia, 2010: 194). From the heads of the White House

and Israel’s point of view, the existence of a strong Muslim country, like Iran,

between the two energy sources (Caspian and Persian Gulf), which accounted for

68% of the world's energy resources, was dangerous to West's strategy, goals and

interests in the 21st century (KHodaei, 2005: 359). Hence, one of the factors of

concern in Iran, or in its acute form, Iranphobia, is Iran's power.

B) value and ideological contradiction

Since the Islamic Republic of Iran had built up the new philosophical and

behavioral foundations that was originated from the original principles of Islam,

so it was in natural conflict and contrast with the values of the political philosophy

of the West based on liberal values and, in this way, a new period had appeared

among them, which was full of hostility. The contradictions of the value system

governing the United States with the value system governing the Islamic Republic

of Iran can be cited in such cases as: one-dimensional view of man, moral

skepticism, anti-divine pluralism, contrast in the affairs of science and religion,

religion and politics, materiality and spirituality, the world and the hereafter, man

and God, and most importantly the domination of a arrogancy and colonial style

in the West and … This component eliminates the possibility of cooperation based

on mutual respect. (Akbari Karim Abadi, 2014: 134).

C) Islamic awakening and revival of Muslim identity

Islamic societies have been gradually returned to their identity since they were

inactive during the last centuries and were gradually retreating due to successive

failures and this interpretation was dominant in societies that, in the process of

globalization, the foundations and manifestations of their self-identity should be

abandoned, the Islamic societies have found that the solution to success is to

restore Islamic identity. The victory of the Iranian revolution is one of the first

manifestations of this process in the Muslim world, and today the rise of identity

throughout the Islamic world has come up with many manifestations. This rise in

identity led Muslims to stand up against the historic cruelty, repression and

humiliation. Resistance to occupation and aggression in Palestine, Iraq, and other

Islamic societies has become widespread. The fear of this resistance and

oppression in the leaders of the developing societies made them create and

develop the spirit of conflict and opposition to Islam and Muslims in their

societies (Aminian, 2008: 115).

D) Making doubts in the Western liberal democracy

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Another reason and motive that can be addressed to advance and advertise

Iranphobia by the system of hegemony against the Islamic Republic of Iran, is the

fear of the arrogance system from the transformation of the Iranian religious

democracy style, which is based on the progressive principle of Velayat-e faqih,

into an alternative pattern to western liberal democracy. Democracy is one of the

new ideas of the Islamic Revolution that enemies do not tolerate, so they are doing

everything to confront it. For years, arrogance has instilled the idea that the

extremity of human desires, is the Western liberal democracy system, and there

is no other way to human prosperity, but as long as our nation believes in Islam,

the conspiracy of enemies may cause trouble for the people, but it will not be able

to shake this solid foundation. Therefore, the extension of the idea of religious

democracy, as well as its replacement with the Western liberal democracy model,

is the ultimate end to the West's ideological life and an invalidation of the

uniqueness of the pattern of secular rule. Since Islamic culture threatens the

liberal democracy of the West and reveals the nature of their false democracy;

therefore, therefore, the Americans have felt grudgeous towards this exalted

culture (Akbari Karim Abadi, 2014: 137).

The most important effect of the Iranphobia, is the formation of an anti-Iranian

coalition in the region with the administrations of trans-regional powers. In the

current situation, a coalition against Iran has emerged due to the real and imagined

panic of Iran in the region. The West, the Arabs and Israel, for a variety of

common reasons, imagine Iran as a threat and look at its actions with fear. That

is why they have formed a coalition against Iran. The coalition can be called the

paddle-wheel (triumviral) coalition, the United States acts as the wheel and axel

of the coalition, and the Arabs and Israel, together with it, form the paddles of this

coalition are struggling to balance with Iran. Although this coalition is somewhat

fragile, especially with the presence of Israel, but its mission is clear and it is to

counterbalance and restrain Iran. In pursuit of this goal, the paddle-wheel

coalition has used a range of strategies to this date. In general, this coalition’s

strategies of balancing against Iran can be divided into two categories:

A) Hard balance

Hard balance can be defined as the actions of one or more governments to increase

their power over others. The hard balance is divided into two subcategories;

Military and civilian.

B) Soft balance

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The soft balance has been defined as the comparative decrease of rival’s power

with the aim of increasing their own security. This form of balance is also divided

into two subcategories; Military and civilian.

The precision in the US paddle-wheel centric coalition behaviors against Iran

indicates that they have pursued the various aspects of both of these strategies at

the same time (Shariatinya, 2010: 204).

Policy making

Policy making is like an old task but a new profession and profession. Dror in the

article of "Policy Analysis: A New Professional Role in Government Serving", in

policy analysis, have been explained both the derivation of shaping it and the

policy content. In the discussion of policy-making derivation, in compiling it, the

understanding of policy and participation methods are considered and in

discussing of the content of the policy (through the analysis of cost and benefit

and issues such as the distribution of benefits) is studied (Pour ezzat, 1999: 93).

The main focus of the policy is to examine the interaction of the state with society,

in the stages of understanding and comprehension of the matter, designing and

formation, implementing, evaluating, modifying and changing the policy. The

word policy has a lot of implications and meanings and includes a wide range of

high-level principles and statements, which was adopted through the political

derivations of the government, to the small administrative decisions of

government agencies. Each policy can be considered as a subordinate system that

is associated with higher and lower policies (Daneshfard, 2010: 11-12).

Finally, the pluralization of different policy models in terms of strengths and

weaknesses, presentation of the main indicators and operational definitions are

given in Table 1:

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Table 1: Summarizing policy models (Derived from Poorezat et al, 147) Operational definition Main Indicators Model

The agreement of the elites of social culture on the

fundamental assumptions of the society through

empathy with the masses and the recognition of their

basic problems, alongside the consultation with

relevant experts to formulate the country's cultural

landscape and policy making

Evaluating the preferences and values of the ruling

elite and creating policies by the political elites and

transferring them to the masses.

The elites of the

masses

Calculate the cost of the benefits of all suggestions

and solutions after reviewing all aspects of the

problem and choosing the best solution

The existence of specific goals and preferences, a

holistic and long-ranged perspective, the need for

rather complete information, human-economic

rationality versus human-social, center-oriented,

technocratic, applicable especially at the

organizational levels, wisdom and technical areas

that have rapid, revolutionary and accelerated

changes.

Rational (absolute

rationality)

Making a policy with limited information and

considering short-term social and cultural

preferences and interests, rather than economic profit

and loss, by the administrative man who seeks a

sufficient and satisfying solution, not an optimal

solution

Rationalism of administrative human against the

economy, whose goals are in the form of

organizations and social systems, small changes,

gradually maintaining the status quo, focusing on

short-term outcomes, continuous and gradual

reforms, practical action aimed at solving the

problem with trial and error, having conservative

nature, reasoning and a partial and in-depth and

innovative analysis, there must be a compromise

between the problem and the environment, solutions

are based on past operations, therefore, have a low

level of innovation.

Limited rationality

(gradual, satisfactory,

and exploratory-

innovative changes)

The formulation and implementation of a policy at a

particular point does not take place as an independent

action, but it is a stage of a cycle or process involving

several activities and other stages.

The existence of countless agents and policy makers,

the importance of policy-making processes is more

than policies content

derivation (process)

Policy making in a very obscure, disorderly and

complex situation

Organized anarchy, ambiguity in preferences,

questioning rationality, functioning on the basis of

trial and error, the existence of a portfolio of

problems and solutions, temporary participants

increase and decrease the importance of some

aspects.

disordered

Governmental and non-governmental institutional

partnerships in problem statement, establishment,

implementation and monitoring on monitoring of

policy making to achieve their desired interests and

achieve public interest for the community.

Ensuring the legitimacy of policy by the government

and institutions, greater participation in the

operations and enforcement of policies by institutions

for their supply requests

Institutional

Multi-level, syncretist, and systematic policy is the

result of the interaction of three political trends,

issues, and policies.

The existence of various processes in policy making,

opening of windows for solving problems from the

point of interaction of processes, the

comprehensiveness and flexibility of issues and

solutions, the determination of the intensity and

weakness of the processes

process - windows

A good policy is that the actors in the political scene

and authorities have agreed to it, without there being

any guarantee that the decision is the best and most

logical way to reach the goal.

Policy makers are the result of power games, trades

and political activities, considering the interests of

specific groups, not necessarily public interests

Political

The data will be as the expectations and needs of the

community in line with the citizen's support, into the

approval policy system. The results and outcomes of

the approval policy are also returned to the system

through feedbacks, which will modify and improve

the policy.

Policy makings are the result of environmental

interactions and internal derivations, a way to analyze

and organize interactions, processes and

complexities, policy as a system efficiency, a set of

community-identified institutions and activities that

that transform needs into credible decisions and

require support from all sectors of society.

Systematic

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According to the above summary, the syncretist approach method that is derived

from the systemic viewpoint, and avoids relying on a particular methodology in

policy making, and assumes condition and position as a determining factor in

choosing the optimal policy making method, it seems to be suitable for our

project. In the real world, in cases where dogmatic theories can’t be dismantled,

and the claim about their generalization and universally is denied, the contingency

model creates a bridge between theories and real conditions and reduces the

separation between opinion and action (Alwani, 2008: 151).

Using the contingency model, policy makers will be able to choose the best and

most appropriate method and make policies by taking advantage of all existing

practices and patterns, according to the environmental conditions and

circumstances.

Findings from texts and lectures in Iranphobia zone

Knowledgeable political experts of our country defines the reasons for pursuing

the Iranphobia project in form of which topics. In the following, in more detail,

this case will be fully examined in the view of the Supreme Leader, the President

and the Secretary of State in a particular case, And in the rest, it is titled as

headline.

A) Making conflict between Muslims and countries in the region

One of the major issues in the pursuit of the Iranphobia project in the region, from

the perspective of our political experts, is the disagreement among the people of

the region.

Ayatollah Khamenei says in one of their speeches: "Today in the Muslim world,

the arrogant regimes create disagreements among Muslims, in order to reach their

arrogant goals, in order to keep their problems covered as a secret, in order to

Shi’aphobia, in order to Iranphobia, In order to maintain the Zionist usurper

regime, to resolve the contradictions that have defeated arrogant politics in this

region; they see the making conflict between Muslims as a way. Well, that should

be seen; this must be understood; this is what has been expected from the elites.”

(Ayatollah Khamenei, the statements made in the meeting with the system’s

authorities and ambassadors of the Muslim countries, May/27/2014).

In one of his speeches, President Hassan Rouhani mentions the making conflict

as a goal of Iranphobia and Islamphobia. Expressing that the enemies of Islam

and Muslims are always pursuing two sinister goals: "creating conflict, dividing

and disagreement and deepening it among the Islamic people” and "Islamophobia

among the world's public opinion," he said: Unfortunately, groups that are not

aware of the truth about the dimensions of Islam, in the name of Islam and jihad,

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have introduced the reversed face of Islam to the world and have made gaps

between Muslims. Today, the great powers and the West who want to grab the

resources of Muslims, especially in the field of energy and oil and gas, and also

want to justify their military presence and political and cultural domination, and

make the usurpers, invaders and Zionists dominate over our region and their

crimes being justified, they seek to deepen the differences between Muslims.

During the past five months, the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran,

along with solving internal problems, has always taken steps to deal with these

two goals of the enemies against the Islamic world. The first step of the

government was to prevent a new war in the region, in which all the powers and

foreign diplomacy and the means at the disposal of the state were used to take the

region away from a war, conflict and new occupation. The Iranian government of

thought and hope, and the Iranian nation, have declared to the world that our way

is modest. If the Messenger of mercy is our role model, he taught us the Way of

moderation and modesty and economy. He treated, not just Muslims but even

non-Muslims, with a moral, human face and with mercy and kindness, and made

a treaty, not only with the tribes of Medina but even with the Jews and others, and

established his government in Medina on the basis of a social contract.

Confronting the Iranphobia is another action of the prudence and Hope

government. In order to be able to take the excuse from enemies, the Islamic

Republic of Iran was able to reach the first agreement in a constructive and

effective engagement, and its first impression was to make it clear to many public

opinion that the Islamic Republic of Iran has nothing to hide in the field of nuclear

technology, and this is for peaceful purposes only”. (Howze horizon,

Jan/18/2014).

Secretary of State, Mohammad Javad Zarif, also highlights the making conflict as

one of the main issues in pursuit of Iranphobia project. "The regional operators of

Iranphobia propaganda are undoubtedly playing on the enemy's ground, and if

this process continues, smoke will go to their own sight and they will not benefit.

After a 100-day working day, the prudence and Hope government, was able to

neutralize the Iranphobia attacks by Zionist regime on the international scene,

especially in the nuclear field, have found new opportunities to open up its

regional diplomacy and travel to some of the Arab and Muslim countries of the

region, and neutralize the Zionist regime's movements against Muslims that seek

to make a conflict between Islamic countries. Undoubtedly, the perception that

the movement on the orbit of disputes is indisputable, does not require any special

attention and clarity; and it is clear that the spreading disputes among the Islamic

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countries was detrimental to them and undermined these countries, boosts the

Zionist enemy and make it more powerful in the region. The game of some district

officials on the land of the Zionist regime does not provide any benefits for

Islamic countries, no matter what interests has for them, so how is it that some

even openly commit such an abusive practice and get raw by the enemy that has

occupied the first Qiblah of Muslims, massacre the Palestinian people every day

and displaced them from their homes." he said in a speech. (Niknam,

Dec/03/2013).

B) A safe Border for Israel

One of the other aspects extracted from the speeches of political intelligence

experts is "Making a Secure Border for Israel" by promoting Iranphobia. The

strategy of creating fear and terror in the minds of Jews living in occupied

territories and various nations of the world, including the Middle East and the

American people, through the Zionist-controlled media, is the basic basis behind

Israel's policies. In general, Israeli officials believe that the proliferation of horror

and fear in the Israeli society and other nations to prevent deterrence is profitable

and to "scare" the people is the main means to obtain legitimacy for their

preemptive attacks and their international political and military adventures.

C) The power of Iran (soft and hard)

One of the other issues that has been mentioned in the speeches of our country's

knowledgeable political experts about the causes of Iranphobia, is the

development of Iran's hardware and software power. Despite the fact that Iran has

always been set the deterrence as its defense doctrine, due to the increasing

development of Iran's power, fears have fallen in the hearts of its regional and

transnational enemies, and that's why they pursued the Iranphobia project with

more intense.

D) Geopolitical position of Iran

Iran is in the vicinity of global energy resources and its transmission path, in

particular the Persian Gulf and the strategic Strait of Hormuz, in the heart of the

sensitive Middle East, and in a region where great powers, especially the United

States, have strategic sensitivity to its changes, and Israel's presence has increased

this sensitivity. In other words, Iran is geographically located in the center of

international politics. Of course, Iran's geopolitics has always been the special

“crossroad of incidents” and maybe that's why it's named. Therefore, the

geographic location of Iran is another structural cause of panic from this country.

If Iran were on the African continent, the sensitivities would naturally diminish.

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The two mentioned factors are considered to be natural and algebraic factors for

Iranphobia, and the change is not feasible.

E) Cooperation and Alliance

Cooperation and alliance with the Muslim countries of the region, can be the basis

of the strategic agenda that is being developed to confront with Iranphobia. Based

on the above conceptual framework, the foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of

Iran in the current state will be aimed at achieving national-level mutual-

undrestanding and consensus and constructive engagement and effective

cooperation with the outside world. The goal of this overall strategy is to maintain

and strengthen the national security of Iran, to neutralize misleading imagery of

Iran, to eliminate external threats, to fight with Iranphobia, to promote the status

of the country, and to achieve universal progress. Our country's knowledgeable

political experts have considered this theme in their speeches.

F) The increase of soft power (semantic power)

About three decades ago, the United States and its allies in a soft war and negative

propaganda have launched an Iranphobia atmosphere in the region to justify their

enmity and their domineering policies against the Islamic Republic. Over time

that communication technology and the flow of information have been developed,

soft warfare has been more than ever considered. Today, Iran's opponents, have

used the soft war more than ever to advance expansionist policies. For this reason,

one of the priorities of strategic planning to confront with Iranphobia project is to

present the true and real image of Iran to the world's public opinion. This only

comes about with increase of soft power. Soft power and emphasis on it are the

themes that have been insisted on in the statements and views of the

knowledgeable political experts of our country.

G) The development of science and knowledge

Another component of the policy of confronting with Iranphobia is the

importance of producing science and knowledge. Scientific advancement is the

basis of economic, cultural and political development. Today, unlike in the past,

a stronger country is the one with more powerful in terms of science production.

The mere possession of primary resources and the population or area of the land

does not lead to a country's strength. Today, the main weapon of countries and

the language of their competition is knowledge that is not limited to any

geographical area.

As a result, knowledge and science production represent the software power of a

country. Iran, after the revolution, especially after the imposed war, entered into

scientific competition as well as other countries of the world for its development

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and survival, and used the potential of the youth. Young people who are highly

educated in terms of intelligence, as well as religious teachings, who cares a lot

about education and learning, who are the flagman of science and knowledge in

the scientific arena. Iran has taken and sustained the steps of science and

knowledge, due to some problems before the revolution and the beginning of the

formation of the system, late but accelerated. Indicators and reports clearly

demonstrate this claim. The importance of the development of science and

knowledge to confront with Iranphobia project is a subject and theme that has

been emphasized in the statements of the country's knowledgeable political

experts.

H) Diplomacy and negotiation

Diplomacy and negotiation are one of the axes that Iran can use to neutralize the

Iranphobia conspiracies. Understanding and communication can prove the

honesty and integrity of Iran's intentions on the international scene and reveal

many of the enemy's deceptions. The words of the knowledgeable political

experts of our country are full of this concept and the use of negotiation and

diplomacy to show the integrity of Iranians to the world. This can be clearly seen

in the nuclear talks. This theme has been emphasized by the knowledgeable

political experts of our country.

Conclusion

As it was mentioned, what is called “Iranphobia” is formed on the basis of some

of the inversement in order to increase the cost of power in Iran. The most

important consequence of Iranphobia is the formation of an anti-Iranian coalition

in the region with the management of trans-regional powers. The goal of this

coalition, with the United States at the heart of it, is to restrain Iran. The United

States and its supportive Western media, the Arab and conservative countries of

the region, and of course Israel, are trying to show the increase of Iran's influence

in the region extremely dangerous, through Iranphobia and provoke it. The

propaganda and actions of the West and the United States, in particular, in

formation in the directions of the security environment of the countries of the

region regarding its relations with the Islamic Republic led to “turning” the

Islamic Republic into a "security issue" for the regional actors in the region and

"securing relations with Iran". We have to deal with this phenomenon through

precise and fundamental policy-making in current situation. At this stage, we

presented the content derived from the analysis of the quality of lectures in the

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two parts of why the Iranphobia persecution and the cause of Iranphobia in Tables

2 and 3. In order to be able to use them through the contingency model of policy

making by taking advantage of all existing methods and patterns, and to choose

the best and most appropriate method in order to the environmental conditions

and circumstances, and to be able to choose and make policy about Iranphobia.

Table 2: A collection of themes for the pursuit of Iranphobia extracted from

texts Themes for the pursuit of Iranphobia Row

Making disagreements between the people in the region 1

Creating a safe border for Israel with Iranphobia propaganda 2

The creation of an obstacle to the development of Iran's hardware and software power 3

The fear of geopolitical position of Iran in the region 4

Table 3: The collection of themes to restrain the Iranphobia projects extracted

from texts Themes for restraining the Iranphobia projects Row

Cooperation and Alliance with the Muslim countries of the region 1

The increase of soft power (semantic power) 2

The high importance of science and knowledge production 3

Principled and efficient diplomacy and negotiation 4

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