ISSN: 2265-6294

The Regional Dimension in The Administration of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi: Iranian-Saudi Relations (As A Model)

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Anwer Ismael Khaleel

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The historical experience of the course of Iran’s foreign policy indicates that it did not follow a pattern that does not change radically when the decision-maker changes. Achieving the Iranian national interest is one of the priorities of this policy, and thus the current president (Ebrahim Raisi) assuming the presidency in Iran was not to depart from These foundations, but he has used tools that may differ from his predecessors, which is clear when he takes a line of rapprochement with the countries of the region within the framework of his intellectual premises that call for regional rapprochement as an entry point for international relations, and moving from the regional to the international to strengthen Iran’s negotiating position on international issues And here was the trend to try to resume diplomatic relations with Saudi Arabia, after that sharp rupture since 2016, after the execution of the Saudi Shiite preacher (Sheikh Nimr Baqir al-Nimr) and the events that followed.

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