Development of " Intelligent Strategic Depth" of Islamic Republic of Iran in Middle East

Since the initiation of Islamic vigilance in 2011, the existent order in Middle East has encountered with serious challenge and accordingly the regional and trance regional actors have tried to settle their favorable order in this transient era. The Middle East has been the arena of Islamic republic’s asking for the reviewing the regional order and the center of fulfillment of its goals and international benefits. The purpose of writing this article is the analyzing and conceptualizing the Islamic republic’s status in Middle East with the emphasis on the recent six years. The hypothesis of the article is to answer the question on how the strategic depth of Islamic republic in Middle East has modified from 2011 to 2017. The strategic depth of Islamic republic is developed from the soft strategic depth to the intelligent strategic depth. The intelligent strategic depth is the blend of soft strategic depth and intelligent power realized in Iraq and it is being measured and realized in Syria and Yemen. The hypothesis of the article has been tested via the descriptive-analytical method.