Document Type : Original Article

Authors

• Majid Rohi Dehbane ¹
• Sajad Moradi Kelardeh ²

¹ Assistance Professor at Azad University-Rasht

² MA of International Relation, University of Guilan

Abstract

Culture and its function in the sphere of diplomacy and foreign policy, particularly with the advent of constructivism and critical theories, serve an instrumental role in politics and diplomacy of countries throughout the globe. Hence culture, in particular, Shia-Ashoura one, is of the utmost prominence to Islamic Republic of Iran’s policy especially as regards the sphere of nuclear activities so that the discourse of this culture, which stresses truthfulness, rejection of compromise and humiliation, and resistance to violence, has evidently been the dominant language of Iran’s policy towards nuclear talks overtwo past decades. Such discourse has exerted its beneficial impact on the demands and strategies of the country through the negotiation. With respect to the discourse, the prime question arisen in the current paper is that what was the effect of Ashoura and its culture has been in Iranian officials Positions in nuclear issue in the west in 1384-1392? This paper studies this issue with library resources. The hypothesis is, the leading role of the culture in Iran’s unaccompanied confrontation and resistance to the West from one side, and from the other side the country’s vindication of rightfulness, rejection of compromise and submission to West, in particular America. The main conclousion of the paper is, Shiite-Ashora Culture Pushed Iranian officials Positions in nuclear issue in 1384-1392 to identity concepts such as centrality of justice, Martydom, oppression, upright, Arrogance and rejection of compromise that to see a mental image led to erosion negotiations and deepening distrust to the west.

Keywords

• Nuclear issue
• Iranian officials Positions
• identity
• Shia-Ashoura culture
• west