Investigating the Impact of counter-terrorism measures of the Islamic republic of Iran in the West Asia region (Iraq and Syria) on the sense of security of Tehran's citizens

This study was conducted to investigate the effect of Islamic Republic of Iran's counter-terrorism activities in the West Asian region (Iraq, Syria) on the sense of the security of Tehran's citizens. The main question of the research is that "how has the Islamic Republic of Iran's counter-terrorism actions in the region of West Asia, and specifically in the countries of Iraq and Syria, affected the sense of security of Tehran's citizens?". The theories of Mollar, Weaver, Bozan, Mitar, Durkheim, Giddens and Habermas were used in the theoretical framework after reviewing various theories in the field of social security and sense of security and survey method was utilized to conduct the research. The statistical population of the research consisted of people over 18 years old in Tehran and using Cochran formula, the sample size was calculated 420 people and also a researcher-made questionnaire was distributed among the respondents in five regions of Tehran (north, south, east, west and center) based on quota sampling method. Finally, the data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The findings indicate that there is a relationship between the counter-terrorism measures of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the sense of social, economic, political, military and individual security. Also, there is a relationship between the news reflection of counter-terrorism measures of the Islamic republic of Iran and the sense of social security of Tehran's citizens.