Iran's Foreign Policy: From Khatami to Ahmadinejad

This timely collection of papers by leading academics and prominent government officials sheds new lights on the foreign policy of Iran under President Khatami and into the period of President Ahmadinejad.

Iran's foreign policy during this period was based on four fundamental principles: the rejection of all forms of foreign domination; the preservation of the independence of the country and its territorial integrity; the defence of the rights of all Muslims; and the maintenance of mutually peaceful relations with all non-belligerent states.

This book examines the implications of these principles, and provides analysis of Iran's diplomacy with regard to ongoing developments such as the War on Terror, the continuing conflict in Iraq, American-Iranian relations, British-Iranian relations, European-Iranian relations and Arab-Iranian relations.

A new chapter has been added to the volume, analysing how the 2011 revolutions and political upheaval throughout the Arab world could pose a whole new set of challenges for Iran.