Challenges and opportunities of economic diplomacy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the new geopolitical conditions

The foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran has undergone a hardware (structural) and software (goals and programs) transformation over the past four decades in order to highlight the role and position of the economy in foreign policy. Although this change did not lead to the stability and institutionalization of the role of economic factors in Iran's foreign relations, but as an undeniable legacy and experience, it has provided the necessary basis for pursuing economic goals in the foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran. However, the Islamic Republic of Iran has not been able to make good use of the capacities of economic diplomacy due to the impact of economic-political and economic-political extra-structural conditions. Therefore, the concern of the present article is to analyze the requirements, necessities and challenges of using and exploiting the capacities of economic diplomacy. In this regard, with a descriptive and analytical method based on library studies and mass media monitoring, while explaining the challenges facing economic diplomacy in domestic and foreign dimensions, the capacities and requirements of economic diplomacy for Iran in the new conditions of the global geopolitical system (after the announcement We have considered the diplomacy strategy centered on the new US administration.