United States Policy and The Islamic Republic of Iran: A Time For Change

Abstract

Current United States Policy toward the Islamic Republic of Iran is containment of Iran's opposition to the Middle East peace process, it's support for global terrorism, and it's development of weapons of mass destruction specifically nuclear weapons. The United States has been without formal diplomatic relations with Iran since 1979, when a group of students seized the United States Embassy in Tehran and held 652 American citizens for 444 days. This paper provides current information on Iran's government, economy, military, culture, religion, political process, and presents arguments for a change in current United States Policy concerning Iran, moving from isolation and containment toward engagement and eventually rapprochement.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 06, 2000
Accession Number
ADA383748

Entities

People

  • B. J. Constantine Jr

Organizations

  • Naval War College

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  • Department Of State
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Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Nuclear Non-Proliferation and International Security