Pragmatic Norms in Social Behavior and Foreign Policy in I.R.Iran

Foreign policy is a function of cultural norms structural implications and repeatable historical signs. Pragmatism forms the infrastructure of Iran’s political culture and foreign policy. Pragmatism is linked by the structure of Islamic republic of Iran, Westphalia system, and the process of international politics. Sings of Iran’s pragmatism could be seen atputting an end to the eight years’ war between Iran and Iraq, acceptance of the 598 UN. Resolutions Reconstruction of Relations with Arab’s conservative countries at 1990 and nuclear diplomacy. Although pragmatism contradicts with some of structural sings of Iran’s politicalsystem, it effects on the procedure of Iran’s foreign policy to avoid escalation of crisis. Graham Fuller argues that Iran’s pragmatism isbased on bargaining from the weak position. Following the Iranian Revolution of 1979 and the subsequentformation of the Islamic Republic, the Islamization of Iran’s foreign policy has arguably become the newly established state’s primaryagenda on the international arena. In accordance with Islamic a thoughton international relations, the Islamic Republic’s foreign policy was constructed on the concept of Islamic supra nationalism which places its emphasis on the unity of the global Muslim community. Arguably, this supra-nationalist doctrine is incompatible with the current political world order which is based on the concept of the Westphalia nation state.This incompatibility exists on three levels; firstly, Islam places itsemphasis on ideological boundaries rather than political borders and therefore rejects the idea of nationalist states. Secondly, Islam denies current sources of legitimacy with regard to international laws and regulations, and finally, Islam calls for the elimination of cultural,ethnic and geographical boundaries among Muslims in order to unite Muslim communities in a new power bloc within the current politicalworld order. This article is based on Ramazani’s Triangle dynamic interaction approach. Dynamic in triangle interaction controls structural, culturaland ideological differences and changes Iran’s foreign policy pragmatism, could be seen in different issues specially nucleardiplomacy and acceptance of comprehensive Joint Action plan. Interactions of political culture, structure and Shia ideology are dependent variables and the implications of internal and external system are independent variables of the article.

Keywords:

Identity , Pragmatism , Norms , Values , Foreign Policy , International Relations