Investigating the Impact of the Military Dimension on the Strategic Pattern of the Architecture of the Armed Forces of I.R. of Iran

The strategic pattern of the architecture of the armed forces is a coherent model that can be attained by the logical tuning of the domains and strategic components and the relationships between them. This model can be examined in five areas of upstream documentation, environment recognition, alternative futures, future requirements, and architectural knowledge. Since regarding the discussion of environmental awareness, military dimension can be one of the important factors in this field; therefore, the main aim of this research is to identify the components of the military dimension and to define its relationship with the strategic model of the architecture of the armed forces. This research is an applied-developmental study, which is conducted with a mixed approach using case-ground approach. The statistical population of the study is 36 individuals. The size of the statistical sample is considered as the total number due to the limited statistical population. Validity of the questionnaire was measured through the community of elite and its reliability using Cronbach's alpha was 0.76. The results show that the present armed forces of the I.R. of Iran, defensive-security environment of the influential actors and war scene are the most principal components of military dimensions, and this dimension has a direct, positive impact on the strategic model of the armed forces. In a way that lack of this factor will jeopardize the strategic pattern of the armed forces architecture.