The Conceptual Consequences of the New Iraq for Iran

The collapse of the Iraqi regime which is a clear sign of the change in the Middle Eastern political map will bring about important long-term and short-term consequences for Iran understanding of which will be subject to the realistic recognition of one's own interests and other political actors. In the present article spirited within the realist theory context, US regional and international objectives and the reasons for the Iraqi regime's easy and rapid collapse have been examined and the prospects for the Middle East after Saddam have been drawn. On this basis, frictions between the United States and the Middle East will persist and the most important challenge to Iran in the new regional conditions will include Iran's policies toward the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. In this perspective, in order to reduce the threats against Iran, it is necessary to pursue a persistent and unified national strategy, pay attention to the Iranian life quality as the criteria for making all domestic and foregin policies, understand objectively regional and global developments and to design a multi-faceted strategy toward the cooperating West.