The De-escalation policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran is a strategy in Iran's foreign policy that began during the second term of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani's presidency and with the presidency of Mohammad Khatami since 1997, special attention was paid to this strategy. Hassan Rouhani (7th president of Iran) also mentioned the de-escalation policy as his top priority during his presidency.
The "De-escalation policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran" briefly states that in the face of globalization, Iran's foreign relations with other countries should be based on building trust and resolving past misunderstandings. "De-escalation policy" is based on principles such as the acceptance of political-economic pluralism, peaceful coexistence, the avoidance of ideological conflict, and the abandonment of hegemony and hegemonic policies.
According to international relations experts, the implementation of the "De-escalation policy" by Iran led to important successes, including the promotion of Iran's position in OPEC.
Objectives and manners
The objectives and manners of the "De-escalation policy" in general can be summarized as follows: De-escalation policy is not a final solution of tensions, but an intermediate state that incorporates elements of convergence and permissive, and is typically an effort to promote cooperation and coexistence with governments and to avoid emphasizing and reducing disputes, or reducing tensions in international relations. De-escalating foreign policy typically seeks to remove international obstacles to the country's development and to attract international resources for the country's development and strength.
De-escalation is sometimes defined as the most important principle in international relations by resorting to peaceful methods and psychological modernization at the international level and activating diplomacy through bilateral and multilateral dialogue, and its purpose is to improve the level of political and economic relations in order to achieve regional and global security.
By adopting a policy of de-escalation with different countries of the world, success in the field of foreign policy is more likely and on the other hand, it prepare the space for improving and promoting exchanges between economic actors of countries. Moving towards a policy of de-escalation does not mean retreating from fundamental positions and backtracking from national interests.
Design and implement a set of confidence-building measures to eradicate some of the international system's common misconceptions about Iran, is the most important objective of "De-escalation policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran".
Chronicles
De-escalation in the sense of rebuilding relations with conflicting international and regional countries in the foreign policy process of countries, Iran started such a process from 1988 onwards. Economic and technological needs along with strategic necessities were the cause of this formation. This process paved the way for the emergence and expansion of the trust-building discourse.
Early in the formation of the Islamic Republic of Iran, regional resistance was a reflection of Islamic ideological indicators and led to the growth of the Islamic consciousness movement. In the second decade of the revolution, manifestations of Islamic pragmatism emerged. This was organized during the presidency of Hashemi Rafsanjani. The model of Islamic pragmatism was aimed at increasing national power through international interaction. Since 1997, the ground has been created for the activation of discourse forms related to the Islamic democratic orientation. Each of these discourse forms pursued a specific national role;
However, in the first decades of the Islamic Revolution, there were signs of radicalism and Ideological orientation in Iran's foreign policy, in other words, signs of Islamic ideological discourse can be seen in foreign policy; But the change in the internal structure as well as the processes related to the international system can be considered as a factor in transforming the Islamic ideological discourse. In the modern era, manifestations of the discourse of de-escalation emerged. This discourse has been focused on cooperation with the regional and international environment.