Divergent and Converging Variables in Iran's Relations with the Arab World A Perspective on Modern Islamic Civilization

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Assistant Professor, Institute for Islamic Culture and Thought

10.22080/jpir.2020.2742

Abstract

Relations between Iran and the Arab countries with a common historical background from antiquity under the influence of some divergent and converging factors have undergone changes over a period of time. These relationships, despite numerous cultural and historical commonalities, have never been favorably evaluated by a number of variables such as race, language, or religion throughout history, especially in the contemporary era. However, due to important religious, historical and cultural commonalities, single enemies, the expansion of common borders, and ethnic and popular interactions, it is nowadays required to increase tensions and convergence between Iran and the Arab world in order to increase the necessary uses at regional and global levels. More push. In this research, the author aims to evaluate the strategies and factors for improving these relations and interaction after examining the diverging variables in Iran's relations with the Arab world, in response to how the formation of modern Islamic civilization is influenced by Iran's relationship with the Arab world. Iran's solidarity with the Arab world in the light of cultural, political, economic, and historical ties. According to the hypothesis of this paper, this can provide the basis for the realization of modern Islamic civilization on a global scale.

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