Opportunities and challenges of the foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the Middle East

The foreign policy of governments in the regional and international arena can be a guide for the country's actions to achieve national security and interests. The current research aims to examine the foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran and analyze it pathologically and opportunistically at the level of the Middle East region. Therefore, the main question of this research, which was compiled using a descriptive-analytical method, is that the opportunities and challenges of the foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran What is in the Middle East region? The findings show that the challenges of Iran's foreign policy include geopolitical competitions, ethnic, religious and sectarian conflicts, the presence of trans-regional powers (America) in the Middle East, Shia and Iranophobia, and foreign policy opportunities include strategic geographic location, Shi'ism, public diplomacy. Is.