Intellectual and Realistic Principles of Iran’s National Security Policy since the Islamic Revolution

Abstract: The issue of national security policy is given great importance to states as a high policy of the country. Iran has given great importance to national security policy since the Islamic Revolution in 1979. However, Iran as an Islamic republic in the region has its own ideology. It has led to a different policy. Therefore, the search for the intellectual principles on which the ideology is based and theorizing them so that they can be implemented as real principles and become the basis of governance better shows the vague aspects of Iran’s national security policy. The aim of this study is to answer the main question; What are the intellectual and realistic principles of Iran’s national security policy since the 1979 Islamic Revolution? The study attempts to reach a conclusion about the directions of Iran’s national security policy after the Islamic Revolution and the establishment of the Islamic Republic of Iran by analyzing and giving examples of the intellectual and realistic principles that became the basis of governance.