Analysis of the opposition of the Islamic Republic of Iran based on Johan Grafland theory of self-interest

It is very important to deal with the issue of opposition as one of the capacities that play an important role in reforming and controlling the laws and government performance. By using the existing platforms in the political system, the opposition can take on the task of monitoring the implementation of laws and raise the existence of defects and inefficiencies and try to improve and reform various parts of governance. Regarding the opposition of the Islamic Republic of Iran, it should be said that this opposition is a political movement that was formed during the years after the Islamic Revolution. The opposition of the Islamic Republic of Iran includes domestic and foreign opponents. The main goal of the current research was to analyze the foreign opposition of the Islamic Republic of Iran with the personal interest approach of Johan Grafland using the analytical method. The results of the research showed that the foreign opposition has tried to make political and military changes in Iran through foreign supporters, the media, and active groups, and to achieve this goal, the priority of the personal interest and utilitarianism of each of the opposition has come to the fore, and the interest of the general public, In the sense that social benefits have not been pursued.