United States Foreign Policy and the New Sanctions Against I.R. Iran

Barak Obama, who gain the power, having change as his presidential slogan, failed to do what he had in mind against Iran. In other words the foreign policy of United States did not undergo much change related to Iran. Furthermore, Obama’s administration followed Bill Clinton’s and G. W. Bush’s same policies namely, enforcement, military threat, and sanctions, against Iran. I this article, after the presentation of a theoretic framework based on the theories of international relations, the factors in forming the sanctions against Iran and the reasons of their continuation are studied. Also, the actions and interactions of these decision-makings in the reciprocal policies of Islamic Republic of Iran and United States will be studied. In this regard, the reciprocal distresses and troubles and also the distant horizons of their relations are studied. Also, by adopting the reductionist approach it has been identified that the Foreign policy of I.R.I is dependant of foreign stimulants and is more based on interior dynamics. However, it cannot be denied that psychological and environmental factors can affect the foreign policy of Islamic Republic of Iran.