An Investigation of Iran and Persian Gulf Cooperation Council Relationships: A Constructivism Theory Perspective

Persian Gulf is one of the unique geographical regions with outstanding characteristics in the world. It has always been recognized as an attractive place by governments in such a way that it has been exposed to competitions and combats regularly. This area includes countries that are members of Persian Gulf Cooperation Council as well as Iran and Iraq. The relationships of Iran and southern countries of Persian Gulf have been scrutinized from different aspects. The aim of this article is to consider the relationships between these countries and Islamic Republic of Iran in a constructivism theory framework. According to constructivism theory, the reality of system is not only predetermined but also has made a genesis in mutual communication of players and then indexes and the characteristics of this social stage appears within the relations. The players perform based on their own constructs, ideas and imaginations in the reciprocal communications and, in the long run, they create the reality based on a combined imagination. To investigate this issue, with regards to the special style of this approach in relation to the ontology uses to recognize and analysis of phenomena, we have chosen a particular approach in the methodology and therefore we will use a hermeneutic-approval method.